During lazy summer days and nights, the subjects of "La Collectionneuse" practice idleness and slow-motion mind games in a villa in the hills above St. Tropez on the French Riviera. Sensuality is always in the air, where it drifts aimlessly. This is the third of Eric Rohmer's Moral Tales, the first at feature length, the first filmed in color. It functions as a jumping-off point for the rest of his long career.
From Sleepless to lesser known flicks: 134 movies where Seattle is the co-star
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American singer, actor Elvis Presley and Philippine actress Vicky Tiu on the set of It Happened at the World s Fair directed by Norman Taurog. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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From “Tugboat Anne” to “Say Anything” to “Fifty Shades Darker,” Seattle’s streets, shores and houses have featured in plenty of films. And not all of them starred either Jeff Bridges or Mark Duplass.
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Seattle might not have the same Tinseltown glam as LA nor would we want it but a surprising number of blockbuster movies have been shot here in the Evergreen State, many at iconic Seattle locations.
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Star Trek franchise introduced its first Black lead in 1993 when Avery Brooks took on the role of Benjamin Sisko, but that moment could ve come as soon as
Star Trek: The Next Generation had one actor in contention for the role gotten the gig. Before Patrick Stewart was ultimately given the role and made it iconic, actor Yaphet Kotto was considered by Paramount as someone in the running to play Jean-Luc Picard.
A recently resurfaced memo shared by JoBlo.com from
Star Trek: The Next Generation s casting listed Yaphet Kotto (who recently passed) as well as others in the running for the role of Picard. The memo, which was sent out in April of 1987, laid out all the actors in consideration for the series, including Wesley Snipes as Geordi La Forge. Kotto was the only Black actor listed for the role of Picard and about fourth down on the list.
A reel holiday
Pauline at the Beach
The grand tradition of the holiday movie, from Eric Rohmer to Luca Guadagnino, spins wisdom out of sun-kissed beach breaks.
There used to be many ways to take a year-end vacation. But with sightseeing and parties and travel all deemed dangerous post-pandemic, more and more people have had to be content with a movie-watching staycation. And when you can’t escape dreary city life in reality, there is much pleasure to be derived from movies about other people’s holidays.
So my vicarious vacation was centred on the late
French director Eric Rohmer, a kind of patron saint of the holiday film. As central to the French New Wave as more flamboyant members like Truffaut and Godard, Rohmer was a film critic first. He edited the pioneering