Goodbye Summer 2015. We have a couple of post-mortems coming on the summer movie season and also the companion podcast to the 1954 smackdown... but those will essentially be epilogues to this hot month. And "hot" was literal rather than superlative. Aren't you glad summer is ending? Fall is often the best season, cinematically and weather-wise
Random Highlights ICYMT
HBO LGBT Manuel on memorable characters in The Wire, Carnivàle and Sopranos
Batgirl RIP Yvonne Craig (sniffle)
The Huston Family Acting Dynasty I mean... why not?
Chicken Run (2000) for "Best Shot" fun
And the Honorary Oscar Goes to... Debbie, Gena and Spike!
Junebug 10th anniversary
"I Love Myself" Hailee Steinfeld and other Oscar nominated would be pop stars
Viola Davis we celebrated her 50th and looked at upcoming projects. The triple crown is on its way
List Mania
Sing Along greatest movie songs of the 1980s. Do you know them by heart?
24 Lily Tomlin Films - how many have u seen?
100 Things I Love About the Movies off the top of my head
Jennifer Lawrence Happy 25th Jose celebrated with her best looks
Highest Paid Actress via Forbes
Reviewish (all formats): Ricki and the Flash (Nathaniel), Fantastic Four (Tim), The Man From UNCLE (Kyle), Woman in Gold (Nathaniel), Queen of Earth (Glenn), The Riot Club (David), Mr Robot & Humans S1 (Lynn & Nathaniel), Masters of Sex S3 (Deborah, Manuel, David, and Dan)
Finally... did you enjoy our Ingrid Bergman Centennial? We covered Intermezzo (1939), Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1941), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1942), Notorious, (1946), Joan of Arc (1948), Journey to Italy (1954), Indiscreet (1958), The Inn of Sixth Happiness (1958),Cactus Flower (1969), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and her final movie Autumn Sonata (1978). For fun, and because she's arguably the definitive romantic heroine among movie stars, her ten best screen kisses. Thanks to Team Experience for doing this. You can read about our team here if you've ever been like "who is writing this wonderful piece that I'm reading?"
COMING IN SEPTEMBER: Nathaniel and Amir report from TIFF, Jose will be looking at festival fashions, and the Emmy Awards are nearly upon us, too. New movies will include Sleeping With Other People, Everest, Sicario, and The Intern. As for retrospectives, we'll look back at Postcards from the Edge and Goodfellas for their 25th birthdays and hit a few 1963 offerings in honor of the final Supporting Actress Smackdown of the year: it's Lilies of the Field versus Tom Jones versus VIP. Visit us daily, okay? xo