The Various Columns

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Showing posts with label Silence of the Lambs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silence of the Lambs. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Legitimate Theater Bonus: #7. Silence! The Musical (2005)

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Welcome to Legitimate Theater: a column dedicated to movie-based stage musicals. The goal of this series is to explore those stories that...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

R.I.P. Jonathan Demme (1944-2017)

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Jonathan Demme On April 26, 2017, director Jonathan Demme passed away a the age of 73 in Manhattan, New York from complications involvi...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Why "The Silence of the Lambs" is One of the Best Directed Movies Ever

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Scene from The Silence of the Lambs With today's passing of director Jonathan Demme, it only seems right to look back at his work. ...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Why "Moonlight" Winning Best Picture is a Big Deal

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By all accounts, the 89th annual Academy Awards ceremony was going according to plan. Over the course of the evening through 24 categories,...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Ranking the Performances from the "Big Five" Oscar Winners

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Scene from The Silence of the Lambs With Oscar Sunday mere days away, it feels like as good of a time as any to do a commemorative coun...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Nothing But the Best: "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

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Anthony Hopkins Welcome to the series Nothing But the Best in which I chronicle all of the Academy Award Best Picture winners as they c...
Friday, January 22, 2016

What "The Danish Girl," Says About the Oscar's Problematic Relationship with LGBT Movies

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Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl Last night, I decided to catch up on the missing links in my Oscar-nominated movies for this year. I ...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Anthony Hopkins Admits to Regretting Involvement with the Hannibal Sequels

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Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs In 1991, nobody could've guessed the impact that director Jonathan Demme's Silence of t...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

A Look at Transgender Culture at the Oscars

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Scene from The Danish Girl Among the most anticipated films from this year's Oscar season is director Tom Hooper's The Danish G...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Can a Positive Gay-Themed Movie Win Best Picture?

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Scene from Milk For people across America, June 26, 2015 is a historical day. It is the moment when all 50 states were unanimous in pas...