My favorite music film of all time (via OldJimmy)
Author: The Junk Drawer of Shawn's Mind (Page 13 of 23)
At home with the Rubiks
Weegee does “Strangelove”: from the great tabloid photographer’s visit to Stanley Kubrick’s set (see more at IfCharlieParkerWasAGunslinger)
Happy Birthday, Helen Mirren!
60’s: Pelé e Garrincha, num Santos vs. Botafogo.
That girl: Adele Astaire (mostly without her brother, Fred)
Sometimes, in fleeting moments, I dream I could be like this, but it vanishes: Gene Kelly (via DefaultSmile)
That girl: Sigourney Weaver
“Son of a Preacher Man” by The Gaylettes, featuring Judy Mowatt, later of Bob Marley’s I-Threes.
Being geniuses together: Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro making “Taxi Driver” (via ThisIsntHappiness)
Shawn Levy's books include the best-sellers The Castle on Sunset, Rat Pack Confidential, Paul Newman: A Life, King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis, and Dolce Vita Confidential.
He also wrote and narrated the podcast Glitter & Might. The former film critic of The Oregonian and KGW-TV, he has written for Sight and Sound, Film Comment, American Film, Interview, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Black Rock Beacon. He jumps and claps and sings for victory in Portland, Oregon.
