Five decades in, one of Vincent Price s best roles endures – and inspires.
By Andrew Crump · @agracru · May 18, 2021, 4:42 PM EDT Vincent Price in THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES.
“She was a tall, attractive young lady. She didn’t speak much, as I remember, but she was…”
“Smart, sir?”
Fifty years and nine eternities in doom later, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Robert Fuest’s magnificently gruesome art deco horror comedy, remains in fashion. No passage of time could rob the film of its abiding style and cultural impact; the moldy old chestnut that “they don’t make them like this anymore” remains, in the case of
A grandmother has revealed how she was chosen to be Russell Crowe s body double in a film about notorious bushranger Ned Kelly because of her ugly feet.
Philomena Trevor-Hunt appeared on this week s episode of ABC game show Hard Quiz where she was tested on her knowledge of the popular musical My Fair Lady.
But the 80-year-old from Wangaratta in north-east Victoria had a more interesting personal story about her own acting experiences on the big screen.
Irish-born Mrs Trevor-Hunt - Phil to her friends - first appeared as a film extra with her then friend Cliff Richard when she was living in London in the late 1950s.
Gaysorn Thavat’s debut feature,
The
Justice of Bunny King, will have its World Premiere at
the Tribeca Film Festival in the Viewpoints section where it
will compete for the Nora Ephron Award for Best Female
Filmmaker, and for the Best New Narrative Director Award for
first time filmmakers.
Viewpoints is a section for
narratives and documentaries, recognising distinct voices in
independent filmmaking by creating a home for bold
directorial visions and embracing distinct characters or
points of view.
Starring Essie Davis and Thomasin
McKenzie,
The Justice of Bunny King tells the story
of Bunny King, a mother of two, a rough-cut diamond with a
The charges Derek Chauvin faces as the region, country await verdict
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1of3FILE - This May 31, 2020, file photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff shows former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, who was arrested for the May 25 death of George Floyd. As George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers that he couldn t breathe more than 20 times in the moments before he died, Chauvin, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd s neck, dismissed his pleas, saying ait takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk, according to transcripts of body camera video recordings made public Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (Hennepin County Sheriff via AP, File) Show MoreShow Less
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Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo follows a group of young people coming-of-age in 1970s Berlin, discovering parties, drugs, sex and friendship.
Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo This German series translates to
We Children From Bahnhof Zoo and is based on the 1978 cult autobiography by German actress Christiane F, which has sold 5 million copies in 20 languages, and the 1981 film of the same name. It follows a group of young people coming-of-age in 1970s Berlin, discovering parties, drugs, sex and friendship – but the euphoric highs are matched by bottomless lows, as the teens’ traumas threaten to send them into a tailspin.