Classic Celebrity Memoirs and Their Contemporary Counterparts
“Everybody needs his memories,” Saul Bellow once wrote. “They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.” These days, the same can be true of fame. It’s no surprise then that celebrity memoirs and...
View ArticleRare Home Movies of Hollywood Icons
This Saturday, October 15 people will be digging into their personal archives celebrating Home Movie Day. For those who don’t have a projector, the event provides an opportunity for people with reels...
View Article10 Impossible-to-See Movies Starring A-List Actors
Hey, Game of Thrones/Community/True Blood/Firefly fans: how’d you like to see a major motion picture starring Peter Dinklage, Danny Pudi, Ryan Kwanten, and Summer Glau? So would we! Would you be...
View Article10 Mystery Movies That Will Blow Your Mind
Forty years ago this week, Jack Nicholson redefined cool, Faye Dunaway redefined icy, and director Roman Polanski and screenwriter Robert Towne redefined film noir with the masterful detective thriller...
View ArticleThe 10 Best On-and-Off-Screen Couples in Movie History
Hollywood lost one of its last lions yesterday, as the legendary Lauren Bacall died at 89. She had a long and storied career, performing on film, radio, stage, and television, but America first knew...
View ArticleThe Forgotten TV Roles of 15 Hollywood Legends
Last week, my heroes at Shout Factory unleashed The Marx Brothers TV Collection, a comprehensive, three-disc set that’s like Christmas come early for us “Marxists.” Among its many pleasures — variety...
View ArticleGlamorous Women with Surprising Hobbies
Former Bond girl Honor Blackman celebrated her 89th birthday this week. Her most famous character, Pussy Galore, one of 007’s most interesting opponents (depicted as a lesbian in the Ian Fleming novels...
View Article50 Great Books About 50 Inspiring Women
There’s never a bad time to read about historically badass ladies, but since March is Women’s History Month, now is a particularly perfect moment to bust out your library card and take in some stories...
View ArticleStaff Picks: Audre Lorde, Colin Farrell in ‘The Lobster,’ and Lobster
Need a great book to read, album to listen to, or TV show to get hooked on? The Flavorwire team is here to help: in this weekly feature, our editorial staffers recommend the cultural object or...
View ArticleStaff Picks: Jenny Hval’s “Conceptual Romance,” Distant Worlds: Universe, and...
Need a great book to read, album to listen to, or TV show to get hooked on? The Flavorwire team is here to help: in this weekly feature, our editorial staffers recommend the cultural object or...
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