As I do with every holiday, I’m celebrating Halloween with the French. And yes, I treat Halloween as a holiday. To completely honor the day (and night), here’s a scene from one of the most sublime and scariest movies ever made, a picture starring a French woman and one I’ve written about a few times on this […]

When I was little, one of my biggest fashion influences was Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface. Those shiny slinky dresses, that blonde hair, those huge coke-head sunglasses, that pet tiger…watching the movie as a young one (a way, way, way too young one) I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up–married to a […]

This 1955 camp-fest may require a love for Joan Crawford that few folks can muster — Queen Bee, directed by Randall McDougall, is for those who stick with Joan through thick and thin, fans who love Possessed and Mildred Pierce, but are also enraptured by Flamingo Road, Autumn Leaves, and The Caretakers, pictures that showcased […]