Lani Gonzalez, Author at Book and Film Globe

Monday, March 8, 2021

Cary Grant

Cary Grant: The Making of a Hollywood Legend

January 18, 2021January 22, 2021 Lani Gonzalez 2 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Father Goose, Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn, Leslie Caron, Loretta Young, Mark Glancy, North By Northwest, The Awful Truth, The Dishop's Wife

Reconsidering the movie star who rarely “played himself”

Body switch

Swap Meet

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Lani Gonzalez 1 Comment Barbara Harris, Body-switch, Carl Reiner, Face/Off, Freaky Friday, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jodie Foster, John Travolta, John Woo, Lindsay Lohan, Nicolas Cage, Turnabout, Your Name

Horror-comedy Freaky is the latest film in the peculiar body-switch genre

Actors CLASSICS FILM Remembrance

Five Olivia de Havilland Gems Worth Watching

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Bette Davis, Gone With The Wind, Hattie McDaniel, James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth

The legendary actress did far more than ‘Gone With The Wind’

racist

Six Classic Films that are Just a Little Bit Racist

June 15, 2020December 30, 2020 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments A Majority of One, Alec Guinness, Bing Crosby, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Cary Grant, Claudette Colbert, Danny Kaye, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gone With The Wind, HBO Max, Holiday Inn, Imitation of Life, Louise Beavers, Mickey Rooney, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Peter Sellers, Rosemary Clooney, Swing Time, The Party, Vera-Ellen, White Christmas

This hasn’t aged well

Hollywood

Netflix TELEVISION

Once Upon a Time in ‘Hollywood’?

May 7, 2020May 12, 2020 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Darren Criss, David Corenswet, Dylan McDermott, Holland Taylor, Hollywood, Ian Brenna, Jake Picking, Jeremy Pope, Jim Parsons, Joe Mantello, Laura Harrier, Patti LuPone, Ryan Murphy, Samara Weaving

Ryan Murphy’s latest series is a woke fantasy of postwar Tinseltown

The Way Back

‘The Way Back’ and The Bad Coach Playbook

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Bad News Bears, Ben Affleck, Emilio Estevez, Gene Hackman, Hardball, Hoosiers, Keanu Reeves, Mighty Ducks, The Way Back, Walter Matthau

Five movie coaches who probably shouldn’t be around kids

Dust to Dust

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments His Dark Materials, James McAvoy, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Philip Pullman, Ruth Wilson

HBO’s ‘His Dark Materials’ Series is off to a Promising Start

Welles on the March

September 9, 2019September 8, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Marching Song, Orson Welles, Roger Hill, Todd Tarbox

A Newly-Published Play Enriches the Legacy of an American Genius

Meet Meh In Monaco

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Alfred Hitchock, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb, Meet Me In Monaco, To Catch A Thief

The Addition of Grace Kelly Doesn’t Spice Up Bland Historical Romance

Cat-astrophe

July 20, 2019July 23, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 2 Comments Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats, Cats Trailer, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Thundercats, Tom Hooper

A Horrifying Invitation to the Jellicle Ball

CLASSICS CREATORS Directors FILM

What a Glorious Feeling

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charade, Cyd Charisse, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Royal Wedding, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Singin In The Rain, Stanley Donen

Six Moments When Stanley Donen Changed My Life

31 Days Of Oscar–Week Four

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Audrey Hepburn, Daniel Day-Lewis, Edith Head, It Happened One Night, Martin Scorsese, The Age Of Innocence, The Big Chill, The Dirty Dozen, The Time Machine, Them

Even After the Awards, Turner Classic Movies Keeps Going

31 Days of Oscar–Week Three

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments 12 Angry Men, Cool Hand Luke, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, Gene Kelly, George C. Scott, Grand Hotel, High Noon, John Ford, John Wayne, Lana Turner, Maureen O'Hara, Mike Nichols, Paul Newman, The Day Of The Dolphin, The Quiet Man, The Three Musketeers, You Can't Take It With You

Lots of Great Movies, and also ‘The Day Of The Dolphin’

31 Days Of Oscar–Week Two

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments 31 Days Of Oscar, A Star Is Born, Katharine Hepburn, Oliver!, TCM, The Bad Seed, The Philadelphia Story, The Remains Of The Day, Turner Classic Movies

As the Best Movie Month of the Year Enters Its Long-March Phase, We Have Recommendations.

31 Days Of Oscar Has Arrived!

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, All About Eve, Anthony Quinn, Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, F.W. Murnau, Mrs. Miniver, Oscar, Peter O'Toole, TCM, Teresa Wright, Turner Classic Movies, Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Our Picks for TCM’s Annual Celebration–Volume One