April. It's a Wrap
Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 8:37PM We're so ready for sunshine and summer movie season! But let's wrap up April first ICYMI... not the whole month but the highlights. We work hard providing fresh content daily so we don't want you to miss anything. There's always something new. And... uh... old. Maybe we went a little overboard on the sudden Joan Crawford fetishizing this month but it happens. The actress fetishes. It's best to just let them play out. They're not going to be ignored, Dan.
Most Popular
Y'all seemed to like the Team Top Ten for Best Sci-Fi films Parts 1 and Part 2 i.e. before and after the populist dam-bursting of 1977's Star Wars & Close Encounters. That sci-fi madness came with a robust Artificial Intelligence fascination that's also going on at the multiplex (Avengers / Ex Machina). The other most popular feature was the return of the Ask Nathaniel Q&As for which I am flattered and must thank you for your participatory enthusiasm (another belated one very soon). It was fun to talk favorite crazy characters, missing Buffy & Battlestar Galactica, and dream screen-to-stage plays. Regarding the latter: I'm now fully obsessed with my Contact idea; I'm brilliant!
Oscar Predictions
The first wave which we affectionately call April Foolish Predictions because it's dumb to start so early are up. Dig into the charts and discuss (The remainder hit tomorrow)
Monthly Playlist
Our listening pleasures this month were showtunes. Margaret eased on down the road with her amazing and creative dream-casting of The Wiz's upcoming remake. Plus, it's Tony Season so Broadway is naturally on the brain. We're rooting for "Fun Home" based on the life of cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Aside from the showtunes we got our fingers tapping to Dolly Parton's immortal earworm "9 to 5".
"Last Night I Dreamt I Went To Manderley"
You didn't sign the guestbook so we don't know if you enjoyed the amenities and conditions of your 5 day stay with us but we had a ball serving you Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca all the same: Day 1 a meet-rude courtship; Day 2 your new home and old (bitter) staff; Day 3 ooh, lingerie; Day 4 a costume ball mistake; Day 5 a trial by fire. We're eager to do this relay-revisit again but we need to find the right movie that's entertaining in all of its subsections.
Other Key Posts
The Walk -can you handle the vertigo?
Jane Campion - Anne Marie revisited 5 of her features
Taxi Driver - is it actually about the movies? I think so
Michelle Pfeiffer - she's shopping around a TV sitcom
Movie Amigurumi - we want every one of these brilliant crotchet dolls
Art Movies - these 5 paintings deserve the Woman in Gold movie treatment (only, uh, better movies)
Furious 7 - Michael reviewed the behemoth hit and didn't disappoint
Getting worked up over the lack of realism on display is like chastising a toddler smashing his Tonka trucks together because, actually, that’s not how to use a cement mixer properly.
Hot Piece(s) o' the Month
Hathaway as Miley - that lipsynching! Cox as Daredevil - those lips!
Coming in The Lusty Month of May
Favorite sex scenes, Orson Welles Centennial tribute, rising actor David Dastmalchian, Avengers-mania, and a 1979 retrospective to coincide with the Supporting Actress Smackdown.
Reader Comments (5)
Ooh, lingerie! LOL
For the record, I really loved the whole Rebecca relay!
I know this is a film site, and film remains my One True First Love, but I do appreciate the TV updates -- Mad Men, Drag Race, Daredevil have all been good reads and conversations. This time of year I do a lot more watching at home than at the multiplex. Speaking of which, Orange Is the New Black is back soon...!
San Fran -- i watch more tv this time of year than at any other time of year myself plus emmy nominations is coming and we're trying to figure out a way to survive financially and that might mean more tv coverage so we can try and get emmy ads as well as oscar ads. we'll see.
i love film best too but I also want to keep doing the site and financially it's always a challenge.
I too loved the Rebeccah coverage. Thanks.
Nathaniel - That post sounds kind of ominous. If the site is really struggling, please let us know. I already subscribe, but I would definitely increase my subscription rate if you did a fundraising drive and let your readers know it was needed. TFE is my favorite site on the web, and I don't want to see it go away.
By the way, I also really enjoy the tv coverage.