Licorice Pizza
This week saw the passing of Peter Bogdanovich, whose 1971 masterpiece The Last Picture Show is one of many reference points in Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Licorice Pizza. Just to explain […]
Tag Archives: Sunset Boulevard
Auto Focus
Auto Focus is a Paul Schrader movie about Hogan’s Heroes star Bob Crane, not to be confused with Batman creator Bob Kane. Or based on his sexual appetite, Bill Finger. […]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
In 1917, Baby Jane Hudson is a famous child star, with the look of Shirley Temple and the voice of Alanis Morissette. 45 years later, the bitter Jane (Bette Davis) and her […]
Sunset Boulevard
When a struggling screenwriter’s (William Holden) car breaks down on Sunsent Boulevard, a faded silent movie star (Gloria Swanson) and her doting butler (Erich von Stroheim) welcome him to her […]
Screen Goblin 