Tag: Blonde
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Quentin Tarantino and Jamie Lee Curtis Among First Wave of 2023 Golden Globes Presenters
On the heels of nabbing comedian Jerrod Carmichael to host its comeback telecast, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the first wave of presenters for the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards.Joining the recent Emmy winner on stage inside the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, January 10 will be filmmaker Quentin…
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See the 33 Best Film and TV Posters of 2022
Before a trailer, the very first glimpse at a new film or upcoming TV show is its poster. The lush artwork or posed character portrait immediately gives a taste of what’s to come, and teases plot elements that may not fully come into focus until audiences watch the finished product.From spotting Ana de Armas’ transformation…
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Andrew Dominik Says Brad Pitt Is Responsible For Breaking Him Out Of “Director Jail” But Thinks ‘Blonde’ Might Put Him There Again
Andrew Dominik is a smart filmmaker. He knows the industry, and he’s well aware of what might happen to his career after the release of his latest film, “Blonde.” The audacious not-so-true biopic about Marilyn Monroe has been getting polarized reviews since its debut at film festivals earlier this year. And now, while he continues…
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Andrew Dominik on ‘Blonde’ reaction: “I’m really pleased that it outraged so many people”
“I was expecting critical success and that no-one would see the film. ‘Blonde’ was the opposite.”Australian director Andrew Dominik has responded to the reaction to his Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, saying that he’s “really pleased that it outraged so many people.”Speaking at an in-conversation at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival, Dominik said, “Criticism…
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Inside ‘Babylon’s’ Lush Production Design: 150 Sets, an Elaborate Driving Sequence and Recreating the Roaring ’20s (Exclusive)
Hollywood movies transition from silents to talkies in Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon,” as decadence and extravagance are all the rage in the 1920s showbiz milieu embodied by Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Tobey Maguire.“Babylon” production designer Florencia Martin is no stranger to recreating a certain period in Los Angeles. For Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” it…
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‘Don’t Worry Darling,’ ‘Blonde,’ and the Faux Feminism of 2022’s Most Debated Films (Opinion)
[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for both “Don’t Worry Darling” and “Blonde.”]It’s been five years since the start of #MeToo, and mainstream Hollywood still doesn’t know what a truly feminist film looks like.The releases of the highly debated, female-directed “Don’t Worry Darling” and the would-be awards darling that reimagines Marilyn Monroe’s trauma, “Blonde,”…
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‘Blonde’ Didn’t Have More Fun: It’s Disappeared from the Netflix Top 10
Netflix’s highly touted and well publicized (perhaps too well) Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde” dropped off its top 10 movie chart after only eight days, only three of those at number one. This stunning result reaffirms the suspicion that, as much as subscribers gravitate to originals, top directors and awards attention don’t provide a leg up…
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What Killed ‘Blonde’ at Netflix? The Gerard Butler Did It
Few Netflix originals have received as much advance press and social media attention than Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” his adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novel about Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas. It would have been surprising had it not immediately risen to #1 on the streamer’s top 10 movie list — and it did. That…
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The 2001 ‘Blonde’ Miniseries Understands Marilyn Monroe Better Than Andrew Dominik (Opinion)
It’s ironic that Andrew Dominik, director of the latest Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde,” wonders if anyone still watches Marilyn Monroe movies. I’d say the many Monroe biopics that exist, whether directly retelling the events of her life or loosely inspired by them like his own, says otherwise. It’s even more frustrating to look at the…
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‘Blonde’ Director Andrew Dominik Dismisses ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ as Film About ‘Well-Dressed Whores’
According to “Blonde” director Andrew Dominik, Marilyn Monroe’s famed movie “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” is all about “whores.”Dominik, who wrote and directed Netflix’s controversial Nc-17-rated portrait of Monroe, previously admitted to not being familiar with Monroe’s filmography prior to adapting Joyce Carol Oates’ novel on the late icon. Now, in a new interview with BFI’s Sight…