Dreamboat Departed: Tab Hunter, 1931-2018 - Ivy Style.
It is often said that the best way to judge a man is by his enemies. In Chenners’ case, it is the only way. Over the years he has encountered the enmity of the illustrator finally formerly known as Lord Whimsy, the count formerly known as Andrea Sperelli, the Talk Ivy forum at Film Noir Buff, and philistines everywhere. I am proud to say that.
Snuff films were originated around urban legends in pornography. A woman victim was killed by choking at the point of orgasm. Since then there have been various intimations including asphyxiation by way of choking during orgasm resulting in deat.
This is the perpetual film-noir moral lesson: that the American hierarchy is far more unstable than it seems, and that the small-time crook in his garret and the big-time social leader in his.
The Greatest Films is truly one of the greatest labors of love on the Web. Maintained by amateur film buff Tim Dirks, it contains a list of the 100 greatest films (his choice, but Roger Ebert gives it a thumbs up). For most films, he includes a long description and plot synopsis. There are also greatest moments and scenes, a quiz, and classic.
Guerrilla gardening takes that land, and returns it to use. I’m not going to pretend that planting a geranium on a scrap of disused land is some huge Zapatista-like act of rebellion, but it is a highly symbolic act. And best of all, it’s both fun and ecologically sound. A quick start guide to guerrilla gardening.
Trouble is My Business is a collection of four short stories - Trouble is My Business, Finger Man, Goldfish, and Red Wind - that are classic Chandler. Rife with 50s slang and the most stripped-down descriptions imaginable, each is a the literary equivalent of a shot of scotch. The kind that leaves you feeling like you've had a mouthful of campfire sm.
Mr. Grant opens the book reminding us that the term genre has at least three major meanings: 1) it refers to a particular mode of film production, 2) it is a convenient consumer index announcing the kind of content to be expected in a given film, and 3) it is a critical concept, mapping out the taxonomy of popular film and pop culture in general. Then he goes on to analyze the term on the.