Posts tagged Gore Vidal
Shards from the Fractured Mirror: Jolson Rides Again, The Legend of Lylah Claire, Once in a Lifetime, The Pretenders, Shrink, Sweet Liberty, With Friends Like These and Zeroville
Shards from the Fractured Mirror: Jolson Rides Again, The Legend of Lylah Claire, Once in a Lifetime, The Pretenders, Shrink, Sweet Liberty, With Friends Like These and Zeroville

This latest round-up of pieces on movies about movies from my upcoming book The Fractured Mirror contains two separate James Franco movies you’ve never heard of and I still have two more left to cover. Please stop making shitty movies about movies, James Franco! Oh wait, I forgot. You’re not making any movies inside Director Jail.

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ShardsNathan RabinThe Fractured Mirror, Al Jolson, biopic, William DeMarest, blackface, Kevin Spacey, James Franco, Keke Palmer, Robert Loggia, Jesse Plemons, Mark Webber, Gore Vidal, Alan Alda, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Lillian Gish, Saul Rubinek, Martin Scorsese, David Strathairn, Elle MacPherson, Alan Arkin, Bill Murray, Jon Tenney, Robert Costanzo, Joey King, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Jacki Weaver, Seth Rogen, Dave Franco
TV Wiz Arthur Penn's Remarkable Cinematic Career Began and Ended on Two VERY Different Films in Left Handed Gun and Penn & Teller Get Killed
TV Wiz Arthur Penn's Remarkable Cinematic Career Began and Ended on Two VERY Different Films in Left Handed Gun and Penn & Teller Get Killed

After conquering the world of television, Arthur Penn turned his attention to film, and began and ended his auspicious career with two very different movies, the moody western The Left Handed Gun and the misanthropic dark comedy Penn & Teller Get Killed.

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First and Last 2.0Nathan RabinPaul Newman, Gore Vidal, Arthur Penn, Penn Jillette, Penn & Teller, dark comedy, western