Based on Emile Zola’s 1980 novel La Bête Humaine, Fritz Lang’s Human Desire is an entirely different beast than Jean Renoir’s 1938 adaptation. The Renoir film’s pointed humanism and everybody-has-their-reasons ethos is swapped out here for a considerably steelier point of view. Indeed, the film is less interested in its characters’ interiority than it is in viewing their lives through a fatalistic lens.
What’s most compelling about Lang’s film is how elegantly it toys with noir tropes and subverts our expectations, particularly with regard to Vicki (Gloria Grahame), who’s initially presented as your prototypical femme fatale. Vicki is trying to convince her new lover, Jeff (Glenn Ford), to murder her slovenly, abusive husband, Carl (Broderick Crawford). It’s a setup familiar from countless noirs, most notably Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity and Tay Garnett’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, so the audience is already...
What’s most compelling about Lang’s film is how elegantly it toys with noir tropes and subverts our expectations, particularly with regard to Vicki (Gloria Grahame), who’s initially presented as your prototypical femme fatale. Vicki is trying to convince her new lover, Jeff (Glenn Ford), to murder her slovenly, abusive husband, Carl (Broderick Crawford). It’s a setup familiar from countless noirs, most notably Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity and Tay Garnett’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, so the audience is already...
- 7/19/2023
- by Derek Smith
- Slant Magazine
Producers Joey Parnes and John Arthur Pinckard announced today that Lisa O'Hare, Lauren Worsham, Jane Carr, Pamela Bob, Joanna Glushak, Eddie Korbich, Jeff Kready, Mark Ledbetter, Jennifer Smith, Don Stephenson, Price Waldman, and Catherine Walker will join the previously announced stars, Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham, in Broadway's bloody brilliant new musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder. Following critically acclaimed, smash-hit runs at Hartford Stage and San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder will begin performances on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre, and officially open on Sunday, November 17.
- 9/3/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Duchess looked divine while sharing the first glimpse of her beautiful baby with the world — and judging by her dress, she took a page right out of Princess Diana’s book! We think it was such a sweet way to pay tribute to her.
Kate Middleton and Prince William debuted Prince George Alexander Louis on July 23 outside of St. Mary’s Hospital. The new mother wore a beautiful bespoke Jenny Packham polka dot dress similar to the one Princess Diana wore when she stood on the exact same steps at St. Mary’s 31 years ago while holding Prince William!
Kate Middleton’s Polka Dot Dress:
Just a day after giving birth, the Duchess of Cambridge left the hospital and showed off her adorable newborn! The happy parents smiled for cameras as they both wore matching powder blue attire. We’re fairly confident their outfit choices were anything less than a coincidence,...
Kate Middleton and Prince William debuted Prince George Alexander Louis on July 23 outside of St. Mary’s Hospital. The new mother wore a beautiful bespoke Jenny Packham polka dot dress similar to the one Princess Diana wore when she stood on the exact same steps at St. Mary’s 31 years ago while holding Prince William!
Kate Middleton’s Polka Dot Dress:
Just a day after giving birth, the Duchess of Cambridge left the hospital and showed off her adorable newborn! The happy parents smiled for cameras as they both wore matching powder blue attire. We’re fairly confident their outfit choices were anything less than a coincidence,...
- 7/24/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
From the press release:
Are you ready for a spine-chilling global avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, vengeance-crazed Vikings, Swedish mesmerists, Irish telekinesis, Argentine undead, Aussie bone-crushers, murderous Mormons and Chilean assassins?
Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 4teenth year, has unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs 22 August to Monday 26 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.
This year there are eleven countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-three UK or European premieres and ten world premieres.
The world premieres include our opening night attraction The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers,...
Are you ready for a spine-chilling global avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, vengeance-crazed Vikings, Swedish mesmerists, Irish telekinesis, Argentine undead, Aussie bone-crushers, murderous Mormons and Chilean assassins?
Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 4teenth year, has unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs 22 August to Monday 26 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.
This year there are eleven countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-three UK or European premieres and ten world premieres.
The world premieres include our opening night attraction The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers,...
- 6/30/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Close to sixteen years after her untimely passing, people around the world remain fascinated by Princess Diana, and next week a collection of her dresses will go up for auction in London.
Always admired for her keen fashion sense during her life, the late Princess of Wales left behind some very glamorous pieces.
Among those looks to go under the hammer at Kerry Taylor are the iconic midnight blue velvet gown Diana wore to dance with John Travolta in 1985 and a Catherine Walker-beaded black frock she wore for her Vanity Fair shoot at Kensington Palace in 1997.
Speaking of the auction, which is expected to net upwards of $2 million, the auctioneer said, "As a group, it's fascinating to see the change from ingénue to style icon. You follow her life through clothes."...
Always admired for her keen fashion sense during her life, the late Princess of Wales left behind some very glamorous pieces.
Among those looks to go under the hammer at Kerry Taylor are the iconic midnight blue velvet gown Diana wore to dance with John Travolta in 1985 and a Catherine Walker-beaded black frock she wore for her Vanity Fair shoot at Kensington Palace in 1997.
Speaking of the auction, which is expected to net upwards of $2 million, the auctioneer said, "As a group, it's fascinating to see the change from ingénue to style icon. You follow her life through clothes."...
- 3/17/2013
- GossipCenter
Ten of Princess Diana's dresses are estimated to fetch over £800,000 when auctioned next month. The collection - to go under the hammer in London - includes a midnight blue Victor Edelstein midnight-blue silk velvet outfit which the late British royal wore when she danced with movie hunk John Travolta at a White House ball in 1985. That dress alone is valued at up to £300,000. Also included in the sale are another Victor Edelstein piece, a Bruce Oldfield black velvet gown, a Zandra Rhodes white chiffon cocktail dress and six evening gowns by Catherine Walker. One of the gowns is a pink silk item which was made for Diana's State visit to India in 1992, and is tipped...
- 2/21/2013
- Monsters and Critics
Some of the gorgeous and historic dresses worn by Princess Diana are headed for auction - again! The most famous of the 10 dresses, which were originally sold by Diana in New York a few months before her death in 1997, is the midnight blue gown that Diana wore as she twirled around the dance floor at the White House with John Travolta in 1985. Diana graced the Victor Edelstein-designed velvet dress for the state dinner given by President Ronald and Nancy Reagan in honor of the princess's then-husband, Prince Charles. London-based auctioneer Kerry Taylor is selling the gowns, with the collection including...
- 2/20/2013
- by Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, fresh off a nine-day trip to Canada, arrived in Los Angeles on Friday to begin a whirlwind weekend tour.Their arrival was a lower-key affair compared to the largely rapturous welcomes they received as they crisscrossed Canada. The royal couple had departed Calgary earlier Friday, having endeared themselves to Canadian crowds with a skillful mix of royal pomp and playful informality on their first official trip abroad since marrying.Aside from a game of polo in the seaside city of Santa Barbara, much of the couple's three-day California visit will focus on business and not pleasure. Instead of trips to the famous Hollywood sign or Malibu's beaches, their itinerary includes some hefty fundraising for good causes, promoting U.S. investment in Britain and charitable work.The newlyweds landed shortly before 4 p.m. local time (2300 GMT) in a Canadian military jet. The former Kate Middleton,...
- 7/8/2011
- Filmicafe
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