Category Archives: Film

This Summer We’re Channelling: Grace Kelly in “Rear Window”

  One evening this summer, when a cool breeze was starting to push the heat from the earlier scorcher into more bearable a memory, we watched Rear Window in the garden. I have watched it on repeated times throughout the … Read More

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July Newsletter: So Cal, ‘Round Midnight, and Timeless Pagnol

    Photos: Classiq Journal     “It’s like life really; you start out with a rough overall design for it, but the dream is always changing, evolving and you have to be open and adaptive to the unexpected. I … Read More

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Read Instead…in Print

  “Silence is very powerful. Just not saying anything is already a powerful statement.”   Read instead…in print #33   Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood’s Zen Rebel is a soulful approach to the life and career of one of Hollywood’s most … Read More

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June Newsletter: Riddle of Fire, Il Cinema Ritrovato and Fisherman’s Blues

    Photos: Classiq Journal     ”I wanted to make it the ultimate kids movie where these kid characters have everything that you would want as a kid––like dirt bikes, paintball guns, the freedom, beautiful woods to adventure and … Read More

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Talking Costumes in Wim Wenders’ “Paris, Texas”

“Once I was driving to a screening for Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders recalls in his book Einmal, “with Harry Dean Stanton in an incredibly long limousine. Even in the middle of New York, Harry was still Travis, sitting in the back of his brother’s car and driving silently through the desert.” Read More

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