Exclusive: HBO Documentary Films is embarking on a documentary about pioneering supermodel Donyale Luna, one of the first Black models to be featured on the covers of major European fashion magazines.
Nailah Jefferson (Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache), is directing the film, teaming with Oscar- and Emmy-winning Lightbox, and Jeff Friday Media (HBO’s Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn).
Luna was born Peggy Anne Freeman in Detroit in 1945 and began going by the name Donyale Luna in her late teens as she launched her modeling career. In March 1966 she became the first model of color to grace the cover of the British edition of Vogue (wearing a Chloé dress and photographed by David Bailey). She also appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar and other leading fashion publications. Richard Avedon and William Claxton are among the greats who photographed her.
Nailah Jefferson (Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache), is directing the film, teaming with Oscar- and Emmy-winning Lightbox, and Jeff Friday Media (HBO’s Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn).
Luna was born Peggy Anne Freeman in Detroit in 1945 and began going by the name Donyale Luna in her late teens as she launched her modeling career. In March 1966 she became the first model of color to grace the cover of the British edition of Vogue (wearing a Chloé dress and photographed by David Bailey). She also appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar and other leading fashion publications. Richard Avedon and William Claxton are among the greats who photographed her.
- 6/13/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Over the decades creatures both great, small, and in between have been given the horror treatment; from disease ridden rodents to gargantuan lizards (and the occasional chicken), no critter has been pushed aside in the pursuit of onscreen terror. And I mean none. Because in the ‘70s everything was fair game, which is how you end up with Night of the Lepus (1972), a wrongheaded Animals Attack flick that is a lot of fun despite its ludicrous premise. Beware the…rabbits?
Released by MGM in October, Lepus pulled in nearly $4 million against a $900,000 budget, making it a success with crowds while leaving critics foaming at the mouth. Reviews were unkind, to say the least: in fact, the film has the reputation in certain circles as being one of the worst of all time; which is subjective of course, but since it’s my column, I’ll just call that a big ol’ stack of bunny biscuits.
Released by MGM in October, Lepus pulled in nearly $4 million against a $900,000 budget, making it a success with crowds while leaving critics foaming at the mouth. Reviews were unkind, to say the least: in fact, the film has the reputation in certain circles as being one of the worst of all time; which is subjective of course, but since it’s my column, I’ll just call that a big ol’ stack of bunny biscuits.
- 9/8/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Guest Reviewer Lee Broughton is back, with a rodent roundup of horror, or more accurately, psychological suspense interrupted by a few salacious slayings. What would Mickey say?
The brief synopses of Daniel Mann’s Willard and Phil Karlson’s Ben that appeared in the horror movie books and magazines that kids in the UK loved to pore over during the late 1970s always gave the impression that this pair of killer rat films were hardcore horror shows.
In truth, the actual horror content of both films is relatively mild and infrequent. In spite of this, Willard and Ben still tend to be discussed in terms of their relation to the often more extreme movies that appeared in the “animals attack” cycle of horror films that flourished during the 1970s.
That particular subgenre represents something of a niche interest area that is governed by a pretty tight set of boundaries. The...
The brief synopses of Daniel Mann’s Willard and Phil Karlson’s Ben that appeared in the horror movie books and magazines that kids in the UK loved to pore over during the late 1970s always gave the impression that this pair of killer rat films were hardcore horror shows.
In truth, the actual horror content of both films is relatively mild and infrequent. In spite of this, Willard and Ben still tend to be discussed in terms of their relation to the often more extreme movies that appeared in the “animals attack” cycle of horror films that flourished during the 1970s.
That particular subgenre represents something of a niche interest area that is governed by a pretty tight set of boundaries. The...
- 11/11/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
In a femme fatale performance as Marion Crane, Janet Leigh is such a compelling leading lady in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, that it’s that much more shocking when you find out in bloody fashion that she, in fact, isn’t the leading lady. So, you can imagine my excitement when I realized that one of the other movies on Leigh’s résumé features killer rabbits. With Easter Sunday coming up, I figured what better way to celebrate Jesus coming back from the dead as a giant bunny (I’m assuming that’s what happened) than by checking out a flick about massive rabbits terrorizing the Southwest?
I’m a sucker for “nature’s revenge” movies, and the sillier the premise, the better. George McCowan’s Frogs, for example, is a nutty exploitation masterpiece that layers insightful social commentary in between sheets of bonkers set pieces where various amphibians and reptiles attack the local aristocracy.
I’m a sucker for “nature’s revenge” movies, and the sillier the premise, the better. George McCowan’s Frogs, for example, is a nutty exploitation masterpiece that layers insightful social commentary in between sheets of bonkers set pieces where various amphibians and reptiles attack the local aristocracy.
- 4/12/2017
- by Bryan Christopher
- DailyDead
In addition to acting, Vincent Price had a passion for food, which he celebrated along with his wife Mary in their seminal 1965 cookbook, A Treasury of Great Recipes. Out now with a new preface by daughter Victoria Price is A Treasury of Great Recipes – 50th Anniversary Edition, and we have a set of preview pages from the special release.
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Press Release: October 2015 In 1965, actor Vincent Price and his wife, Broadway and theatre costume designer Mary Grant Price co-authored the 500-page classic cookbook, A Treasury of Great Recipes.
Celebrated by Saveur Magazine as a “one of the most important culinary events of the 20th century”, this unique collection of recipes, recollections, photographs and illustrations offered readers a historical, pictorial travelogue based on the...
To learn more about A Treasury of Great Recipes – 50th Anniversary Edition, visit:
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Press Release: October 2015 In 1965, actor Vincent Price and his wife, Broadway and theatre costume designer Mary Grant Price co-authored the 500-page classic cookbook, A Treasury of Great Recipes.
Celebrated by Saveur Magazine as a “one of the most important culinary events of the 20th century”, this unique collection of recipes, recollections, photographs and illustrations offered readers a historical, pictorial travelogue based on the...
- 10/27/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Although Vincent Price is remembered by many as the master of horror films, the legendary actor also had another passion in life: food. Beginning this September, the Alamo Drafthouse cinema chain will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Vincent and Mary Price's cookbook, A Treasury of Great Recipes.
Kicking off in Houston, TX, on September 27th, the 50th anniversary celebration tour of A Treasury of Great Recipes will feature special screenings of The Abominable Dr. Phibes with Vincent and Mary's daughter, Victoria Price, in attendance and wonderful recipes from the Price cookbook on the menu.
Press Release: "Austin, TX--- August 21, 2015 --- The Alamo Drafthouse is pleased to announce a one-of-a-kind touring food and film event honoring the 50th anniversary edition of Vincent and Mary Price's A Treasury of Great Recipes. During the months of September and October, Alamo Drafthouse locations nationwide will host The Abominable Dr. Phibes Feast, featuring...
Kicking off in Houston, TX, on September 27th, the 50th anniversary celebration tour of A Treasury of Great Recipes will feature special screenings of The Abominable Dr. Phibes with Vincent and Mary's daughter, Victoria Price, in attendance and wonderful recipes from the Price cookbook on the menu.
Press Release: "Austin, TX--- August 21, 2015 --- The Alamo Drafthouse is pleased to announce a one-of-a-kind touring food and film event honoring the 50th anniversary edition of Vincent and Mary Price's A Treasury of Great Recipes. During the months of September and October, Alamo Drafthouse locations nationwide will host The Abominable Dr. Phibes Feast, featuring...
- 8/21/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Above: Fan art poster for Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, USA, 2013); designer: Peter Stults.
In this latest run-down of the most popular posters on my Movie Poster of the Day Tumblr—covering the last four months of daily posts—I’m not leading off with the number one most liked and reblogged poster (the Hitch-centric Rear Window, below) because that was the main poster in my loquacious posters post a couple of months ago. So I’m starting with the second most popular: a superb retro take on Gravity by artist Peter Stults which was one of a number of alternative takes on the film commissioned by the UK magazine ShortList back in October.
The rest of the top 20, shown in descending order, are a pleasingly eclectic grab bag, with posters from nine different countries and seven different decades. Three of my very favorite recent discoveries appear all in a row: that French La notte,...
In this latest run-down of the most popular posters on my Movie Poster of the Day Tumblr—covering the last four months of daily posts—I’m not leading off with the number one most liked and reblogged poster (the Hitch-centric Rear Window, below) because that was the main poster in my loquacious posters post a couple of months ago. So I’m starting with the second most popular: a superb retro take on Gravity by artist Peter Stults which was one of a number of alternative takes on the film commissioned by the UK magazine ShortList back in October.
The rest of the top 20, shown in descending order, are a pleasingly eclectic grab bag, with posters from nine different countries and seven different decades. Three of my very favorite recent discoveries appear all in a row: that French La notte,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Originally released in 1989 – at which time the dirt on the West Coast “cool” jazz trumpeter, Chet Baker’s (born Chesney Henry Baker Jr.) grave was still relatively fresh (Baker died in Amsterdam in May 1988) – Bruce Weber’s documentary goes to exasperating lengths to legitimize the legend of Baker’s natural musical talent and iconically hip ba-da-be-bop coolness. Let’s Get Lost also chooses to focus on Baker's soft and subtle singing voice that is awkwardly affected by a slurring lisp and tendency to slide ever-so-slightly off-key. In comparison to the maestria of his pitch-perfect trumpeting, it is compelling to me that so many people (including Weber) consider Baker’s vocal performances as equally important as his trumpeting. By no means a traditional biography, Weber creates a visual poem set to a soundtrack of Baker’s tunes. Weber’s highly artistic and severely contrasted black and white footage (skillfully lensed by...
- 12/20/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Janet Leigh biography final. Check out previous articles: Touch Of Evil / Orson Welles / The Manchurian Candidate and Psycho / marriaget to Tony Curtis. Leigh's movie career slowed down in the mid-60s. Among her sporadic movies from 1966 on were: Jack Smight’s Harper (1966), with Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, and others; Jerry Lewis Three on a Couch; Robert Gist's An American Dream, with Stuart Whitman and Eleanor Parker; Jack Arnold's Hello Down There with Tony Randall; Giuliano Montaldo's Grand Slam, with Robert Hoffman, Mel Stuart's One Is a Lonely Number / Two Is a Happy Number, with Trish Van Devere, Monte Markham, and Melvyn Douglas; William F. Claxton’s Night of the Lepus (1972), with Whitman and Rory Calhoun; Stephen Verona’s Boardwalk, with Ruth Gordon and Lee Strasberg; and John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980), with Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, and Hal Holbrook. On TV, Leigh was featured in,...
- 7/6/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Margaret Field, best remembered for the 1951 sci-fier The Man From Planet X, died at her Malibu home on Sunday, Nov. 6, the day her daughter Sally Field turned 65. Margaret Field, who had been diagnosed with cancer six years ago, was 89. Directed by cult B-movie director Edgar G. Ulmer, The Man From Planet X turned out to be the highlight of Field's film career. The story revolves around a mysterious journalist (Robert Clarke) who may or may not be an alien with ties to a spaceship that has landed near an observatory on a remote Scottish island. Most of Field's previous movie appearances had been uncredited bit parts, chiefly in Paramount productions such as The Perils of Pauline, Night Has a Thousand Eyes, and Samson and Delilah. Her parts got bigger following The Man from Planet X, but they remained subpar roles in mostly B movies. Among those were Philip Ford's...
- 11/8/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Savile Row, Jermyn Street, Burlington Arcade … Costume designer Jacqueline Durran worked out that MI6's 1970s spies probably shopped in London's West End
Jacqueline Durran made headlines four years ago with the emerald-green evening dress she designed for Keira Knightley to wear in Atonement. It is unlikely the immaculately tailored suits worn by the agents in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will have the same impact, but working on the film was an unusual challenge for the Oscar-nominated costume designer; the clothes are just as vital to setting the emotional tone of the film as Knightley's gown was in the adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel. "You just had to pile on the detail to get any kind of message across," she says. "With menswear it is all about detail, rather than making a splash with a big dress."
Watching the film you are able to pick up hints about the...
Jacqueline Durran made headlines four years ago with the emerald-green evening dress she designed for Keira Knightley to wear in Atonement. It is unlikely the immaculately tailored suits worn by the agents in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will have the same impact, but working on the film was an unusual challenge for the Oscar-nominated costume designer; the clothes are just as vital to setting the emotional tone of the film as Knightley's gown was in the adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel. "You just had to pile on the detail to get any kind of message across," she says. "With menswear it is all about detail, rather than making a splash with a big dress."
Watching the film you are able to pick up hints about the...
- 9/10/2011
- by Akin Ojumu
- The Guardian - Film News
When I was but a wee bonny lass, I was eating toast in the kitchen of my Southern Illinois home, and I accidentally mixed my peanut butter with my Nutella. “Oh no!” I cried. This was, to my child’s mind, an absolute tragedy. Nothing was worse than that disgusting food mixture that happens sometimes on a plate. My mother, however, encouraged me to eat it anyway. I grudgingly forced the toast with the two spreads into my mouth, and what did I discover? Why I found that my deep passion for peanut butter and Nutella as exclusive spreads was increased exponentially (I actually have no idea what this word really means) when they were combined.
It turns out that watching two “Nature Hates You” movies back-to-back is a lot like this. You go into them thinking, “These two movies are completely rad, and their radness cannot possibly be outdone!
It turns out that watching two “Nature Hates You” movies back-to-back is a lot like this. You go into them thinking, “These two movies are completely rad, and their radness cannot possibly be outdone!
- 4/29/2010
- by Melissa Yearian
- FusedFilm
In the weeks leading up to the Turner Classic Movies festival in Los Angeles, Vf.com will help you cram your Hollywood history. Each weekday until the April 23, when the festival begins, we will dust off an article on classic Hollywood from our archives, along with a quiz to make sure you’re paying attention. Today’s quiz relates to our September 2000 article on Steve McQueen, by James Wolcott, featuring William Claxton’s incredible photographs of Hollywood’s hard-nosed speed demon. 1. While shooting 1962’s Hell Is for Heroes, what was Steve McQueen physically incapable of doing, no matter how hard Don Siegel tried to coax him? A. Dancing B. Laughing C. Crying D. Singing...
- 4/1/2010
- Vanity Fair
American photographer whose informal shots defined the youthful glamour of the 1950s and 1960s
With his artfully informal shots of Audrey Hepburn and Chet Baker, the American photographer Bob Willoughby, who has died of cancer aged 82, defined the youthful glamour of the 1950s. Hired by studios and record companies to make actors and musicians look good, Willoughby went beyond his brief to deliver portraits of an idealised elegance particular to its time. He captured the gamine, doe-eyed 24-year-old Hepburn reading letters on a hotel bed in 1953, and the impossibly cool Baker, the same age in the same year, seated on a folding chair in a recording studio, patiently awaiting his moment.
Much sought-after by Hollywood film studios, Willoughby developed new techniques to help him take still photographs on the set, using remote-controlled devices and brackets specially made to attach his apparatus to Panavision film cameras. The films he worked on...
With his artfully informal shots of Audrey Hepburn and Chet Baker, the American photographer Bob Willoughby, who has died of cancer aged 82, defined the youthful glamour of the 1950s. Hired by studios and record companies to make actors and musicians look good, Willoughby went beyond his brief to deliver portraits of an idealised elegance particular to its time. He captured the gamine, doe-eyed 24-year-old Hepburn reading letters on a hotel bed in 1953, and the impossibly cool Baker, the same age in the same year, seated on a folding chair in a recording studio, patiently awaiting his moment.
Much sought-after by Hollywood film studios, Willoughby developed new techniques to help him take still photographs on the set, using remote-controlled devices and brackets specially made to attach his apparatus to Panavision film cameras. The films he worked on...
- 1/19/2010
- by Richard Williams
- The Guardian - Film News
Forlani In Dispute With Art Dealer
British actress Claire Forlani is facing a legal battle with an art dealer who alleges the star ruined his credibility.
The unnamed specialist alleges the Meet Joe Black actress destroyed his "fragile and intangible" reputation by making false claims about his business practices in a mass email to friends.
In his defamation lawsuit, the dealer has accused the Brit of writing an "almost 500-word poison-pen note" in which she allegedly claimed he sold her counterfeited works, passing them off as pieces by famed artists Keith Haring and William Claxton.
She was also said to have accused him of overcharging her for works by pop artist Andy Warhol.
He insists he is innocent of the claims, but has been so wronged that "only a very large damages judgment can begin to remedy" his bruised reputation, according to legal documents obtained by TMZ.com.
A lawyer for Forlani says, "This lawsuit is absurd and totally without merit. We are very confident that the court will throw out the suit."...
The unnamed specialist alleges the Meet Joe Black actress destroyed his "fragile and intangible" reputation by making false claims about his business practices in a mass email to friends.
In his defamation lawsuit, the dealer has accused the Brit of writing an "almost 500-word poison-pen note" in which she allegedly claimed he sold her counterfeited works, passing them off as pieces by famed artists Keith Haring and William Claxton.
She was also said to have accused him of overcharging her for works by pop artist Andy Warhol.
He insists he is innocent of the claims, but has been so wronged that "only a very large damages judgment can begin to remedy" his bruised reputation, according to legal documents obtained by TMZ.com.
A lawyer for Forlani says, "This lawsuit is absurd and totally without merit. We are very confident that the court will throw out the suit."...
- 8/21/2009
- WENN
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