Tag: Some Like It Hot
Capone: The Tommy Gun Titan Goes Deranged in Latest Biopic Focusing on His Final Year
When it comes to movies about criminals, particularly of the Italian-American mafioso variety, there is never a shortage. Least of all on the subject of [Read More…]
Bus Stop: A Film That Didn’t Do Justice to How Marilyn Monroe Fought to Break Free From the Studio’s Stereotype of Her, Nor Is It Much of an Acting Stretch From Her Own Life
Marilyn Monroe had spent months waiting out her unprecedented studio battle with 20th Century Fox. After fleeing to New York from Los Angeles like some [Read More…]
Some Like It Hot & Married to the Mob: Correlations
With Swing Shift and Something Wild, director Jonathan Demme established himself as a comedic force to be reckoned with in the 80s, much of his [Read More…]
Marilyn Monroe: Sultry or Drug-Addled?
There’s a fine line between sultry and drug-addled–and no one pioneered this concept better than the original blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe. Her love of sedatives [Read More…]
