Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
On her hit TV variety show, Carol Burnett did brilliant burlesques: Her campy versions of "Rebecca" and "Mildred Pierce," for example, are phenomenal and full of surprising, sharply observed insights into those classic films. Burnett's shows should be in constant rotation in TV syndication. (Salon)
Daily guide to television and radio Aug 8, 2009
Legally Blondes 8 p.m. (FAM) Camilla Rosso and Rebecca Rosso star in this straight-to-video Legally Blonde spin-off. PG (2008). (Boston Globe)
Does "Beeswax" mark the death of mumblecore? Aug 7, 2009
Beyond the Multiplex - Salon. Site Presented By Friday, Aug 7, 2009. (Salon)
Turner Classic Movies to Launch A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, New Series of One-Hour Specials Focusing on Film Genres Aug 6, 2009
Midnight Rebecca (1940), starring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier and Judith Anderson. Friday, Oct. 30 - Psychological Thrillers. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
S.F.'s signature weather, fog great for movies Jul 11, 2009
Rebecca (1940): California stands in for England when Point Lobos (Monterey County) provides the fog for this moody Hitchcock drama. Fogging things up in the arts. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Don't Look Now A 1973 Horror Clas... Jul 4, 2009
Based on a short story by English writer Daphne du Maurier, Don t Look Now was one of the few mystery stories that escaped the crafty eye of Alfred Hitchcock; as the legendary filmmaker would direct two of Dame du Maurier s best pieces: Rebecca (1940) and The Birds (1963). But, Hitchcock s missed opportunity was fellow Brit filmmaker Nicolas Roeg s gain; after serving as the great cinematographer on such masterpieces as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Roeg was by 1973 forging a striking and daring... (Suite101.com)
Brookline schools considering theater company proposal Jun 19, 2009
Rob Orchard, executive director of ART, explained that the Sleep No More installation, done by the London-based Punchdrunk theater company, is a combination of Shakespeare s Macbeth and the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock film Rebecca ... School Committee member Rebecca Stone said outside of those routine concerns, the proposal seemed popular among residents. (Brookline TAB, MA)
London theater wants to rent out Brookline's Old Lincoln School for elaborate production May 15, 2009
Orchard believes the Old Lincoln School, with its long narrow hallways and high ceilings, would be the perfect home for the theater company s first American experiment: Sleep No More, an adaptation of Shakespeare s Macbeth told through the lens of Alfred Hitchcock s Rebecca ... According to a proposal submitted to the town, set designers would transform the first floor into a hotel, with a lobby and lounge inspired by Hitchcock s Rebecca. (Brookline TAB, MA)
