On October 6th...
We'll be knee deep in new 2008 Oscar hopefuls so let's have a tuneful one day diversion back to the 1940s. I want to see something I've never seen so we're choosing between the following: Ethel Waters and Lena Horne in Vincent Minnelli's Cabin in the Sky (1943), Lucille Ball, Red Skelton and Gene Kelly in DuBarry Was a Lady (1943), Fred & Ginger in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) or Judy Garland In the Good Old Summertime (1949). I hope you'll be adventurous and enjoy the classic rhythms.
On November We're revisiting Todd Haynes's Velvet Goldmine (1998) on the 10th anniversary of its theatrical release. As kaleidoscope musical bios go, it served as warm up to I'm Not There only it's, you know, better: Jonathan Rhys Meyers at his prettiest, Christian Bale at his gayest, Toni Collette at her most theatrical and Ewan McGregor in the altogether ...all of them sweating glitter. As they should be. It's a smorgasbord of cinematic delights and it'll be a huge glam rock blog ball ...provided you dress appropriately. You've got two months to work on your ensemble.
