MUBI Notebook / Selznicked: the Work of Hollywood Star Producer David O. Selznick — by Christina Newland on

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For a new retrospective in NYC's Metrograph cinema on the production work of old Hollywood maverick David O. Selznick, I looked ba...

Hazlitt: The Many Acts of Susan Peters — by Christina Newland on

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 For Hazlitt, I went long on the life and career of forgotten, tragic young MGM starlet Susan Peters, who in 1942 seemed destined for gr...

VICE: The Truth about the Tyrannical Hollywood 'Fixer' Who Inspired Hail, Caesar! — by Christina Newland on

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  I wrote about the real Eddie Mannix, played by Josh Brolin in the Coen Brothers' Hail, Caesar! Spoiler alert: he was not a nice p...

Mayhem Horror Film Festival Preview: What I'm Looking Forward To — by Christina Newland on

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    As an American transplanted abroad, it has occurred to me that we take Halloween and its traditions rather more seriously than the...

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) — by Christina Newland on

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The Bad and the Beautiful(1952),Vincente Minnelli. Starring: Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell It's V...