Best of May ICYMI
Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 11:59PM It's that time again to look back on the month that was. We're doing a little early to pretend that May is already over. T'was a difficult month for your host with writer's block that wouldn't quit (which is not a common malady at TFE HQ) but we thank you for your enthusiasms about all we do here. Here's a look back on key posts this month in case you missed any...
6 Personal Favs
Buster Crabbe's Loincloth on Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
Podcast: Truth or Dare a seminal text on celebrity culture. And...
Interview Jose's chat with the dancers from that same Madonna doc
Thelma & Louise relay revisit of one of the all time best flicks
10 Bad Girl Oscar Winners -Kieran's list from Marylee Hadley to Nurse Ratched
Maddening Matte Painting - Daniel on Black Narcissus (1947)
7 That Sparked Most Conversation
Best Actress an overdue narrative or fresh blood this year?
The Tony Nominations Hamilton + Other Stuff
1994 Favorites Pulp Fiction, Three Colors: Red, Interview with a Vampire, and more
First Teaser Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
First Teaser Beauty & The Beast
Q&A Everybody Wants Some Drop Dead Gorgeous Editing
Cannes Actress - Sonia Braga & Kristen Stewart are buzzing
Best of Nathaniel's Random Screenings, any type (with post links)
Best New Movie: Sing Street (2016)
Best Miniature Thing: "The Trolley Song"
Best Cameo: Spider-Man in Civil War
Sexiest: (tie) A Bigger Splash and Queen Margot
Funniest: Bobby's family in Café Society
Spookiest: Ryan Murphy's Feud could go so wrong
Congratulations are in Order!
Glenn has a new book about Cannes available to purchase - so do that. And Manuel completed his year long HBO LGBT series documenting all the ways that HBO has dramatized the LGBT lives, loves, and civil rights battles over the past few decades. He also got married this month!
How was your May?
Coming in June: New Movies: Finding Dory, The Fits, The Neon Demon, Genius, Swiss Army Man, Warcraft, and The Conjuring 2. Plus the Tony Awards and Emmy Award FYCs; Anniversaries to celebrate: Olivia de Havilland is about to turn 100, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 50, and The Devil Wears Prada 10 years old.
Any requests?
Reader Comments (6)
I would blame the weather for the writer's block. One cannot have a May so cold and expect to get anything done beyond the essentials and sitting on the couch and hating the world. Fie!
Writer's block? You prefer to write about the old instead of the new --- how can you have writer's block? And why do you vehemently refuse to make me a guest contributor for one piece? You want click bait and conversation you just have me waste away in the comments section to sometimes by singled out either for scorn or the surprising to the praiser praise.
When are we doing the 1963 Best Supporting Actress thing?
3rtful, writer's block isn't necessarily about having something to write about. It's often about the will and the desire and the ability to make heads or tails of the ideas you want to get across (if you have something to say at all).
That screengrab from Truth or Dare reminds me of my favorite moment—when M imitated Belinda Carlisle. The shaaaaaaaaade.
Congratulations, Manuel!