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The Lady Eve's Reel Life
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Reel Life focuses on classic film. Heavy emphasis is given to Hollywood movies of the '30s - '70s, though classic foreign cinema is also covered. Content includes reviews, interviews, bios and discussions.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 172 )
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TCM's 2017 Classic Film Festival
TCM's 8th annual Classic Film Festival is set for April 6 - 9 in Hollywood, and this year's central theme is Make 'Em Laugh: Comedy in the Movies...if there... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Lady Gaga for "La La Land"
Or: Lady Eve Goes Gaga for La La Land I stepped up to the ticket window at the Century Regency 6 ona Wednesday morning earlier this month intending to purchase... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Lady Gaga for "La La Land"
Or: Lady Eve Goes Gaga for La La Land I stepped up to the ticket window at the Century Regency 6 ona Wednesday morning earlier this month intending to purchase... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Happy Noir Year!
The 2017 film noir festival season kicks off in the U.S. on January 20 in San Francisco when the Film Noir Foundation's Noir City 15 opens at the city's histori... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Deck the Halls with Holly Golightly!
Holly Golightly, that beguiling creature Truman Capote created as the centerpiece for his novella, Breakfast at Tiffany's, captured the imaginations of readers... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Holiday Classic "The Snowman" (1982) Comes to Town
The Snowman, the captivating tale of a young boy who wakes one snowy Christmas Eve, goes outside and discovers that a snowman he built has magically come to... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Holiday Classic "The Snowman" (1982) Comes to Town
The Snowman, the enchanting story of a young boy who wakes one snowy Christmas Eve, goes outside and builds a snowman that magically comes to life, first... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Très Distingué: "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Another "Big Screen Classic" from TCM...
Each month this year Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events have teamed to bring "Big Screen Classics" into movie theaters around the country. Read more
Posted on 29 November 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pierre Chenal's 1939 Adaptation of James M. Cain's "The Postman Always Rings...
SAN FRANCISCO'S 3RD FRENCH FILM NOIR FESTIVAL COMES TO THE ROXIE THEATERFrom Thursday, November 3, through Monday, November 7, San Francisco's Roxie Theater wil... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pierre Chenal's 1939 Adaptation of James M. Cain's "The Postman Always Rings...
SAN FRANCISCO'S 3RD FRENCH FILM NOIR FESTIVAL COMES TO THE ROXIE THEATERFrom Thursday, November 3, through Monday, November 7, San Francisco's Roxie Theater wil... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Stanley Kubrick's "2001" - A Musical Odyssey, Pt. 2
The skies opened up over San Francisco on Saturday evening, October 15, and the rains poured down. Though this deluge complicated our trek from dinner at Alta... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
STANLEY KUBRICK'S "2001" - A MUSICAL ODYSSEY, Pt. 1
In 1964 Stanley Kubrick, who had by this time directed several notable and some Oscar-nominated films (Killer's Kiss, The Killing, Paths of Glory, Lolita, Dr. Read more
Posted on 10 October 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Hitchcock/truffaut (2015)
The legendary interviews of Alfred Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut, the French New Wave auteur who idolized him, took place in Hollywood over the course of a wee... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
THE REAL JAMES DEAN, New from the Chicago Review Press
61 years ago this September 30, newly-minted movie star James Dean, with an ace Porsche racing mechanic riding in the passenger seat, wrecked his brand-new... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Celebrating National Classic Movie Day: "5 Movies on an Island"
If by some bizarre quirk of fate I end up stranded on a deserted island that happens to have a reliable food source, lots of sunshine and balmy tropical breezes... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Real and Unreal Old Hollywood: "Hail, Caesar!" (2016)
Hail, Caesar!, the latest comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen (Fargo; O Brother, Where Art Thou?) offers a tongue-in-cheek bow to Hollywood circa 1951 through a... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
SF Symphony 2015 -2016 Film Series Nears End; 2016 - 2017 Series Announced
The San Francisco Symphony's third annual Film Series will come to an end later this month with screenings of Steven Spielberg's 1981 classic, E.T. The... Read more
Posted on 12 March 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Reminiscing: "Now, Voyager"
Summer of '42 (1971)A soft-focus nostalgia piece set during the early days of World War II, Summer of '42 was released in April 1971 and went on to become one o... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Local Night Life: Noir City at the Castro and the San Francisco Symphony's Film...
The 2016 film noir season was officially launched with San Francisco's Noir City XIV, January 22 - 31, at the city's Castro Theatre. Read more
Posted on 09 February 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
In Remembrance: Leatrice Joy Gilbert Fountain, 1924 - 2015
Leatrice as a baby, left, and in her golden yearsOne night in January 2010 Turner Classic Movies aired Rediscovering John Gilbert, a 45-minute documentary... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES