Rita la zanzara
Lina Wertmüller’s third feature film, Rita la zanzara (1966), was a “musicarello” picture starring Yé-yé sensation Rita Pavone. Wertmüller’s would-be muse Giancarlo Giannini makes his leading man debut as the… Read more »
Tag: musical
Burlesque
Despite generally unfavorable reviews when it was first released, Burlesque (2010) has gone on to garner a kind of cult following. People enjoy the high camp of the film as… Read more »
Broadway Melody Of 1940
Broadway Melody Of 1940 (1940) was the fourth and final film in MGM’s loosely connected franchise of backstage musical comedies. Production of the film was overseen by Jack Cummings, who… Read more »
Fiddler On The Roof
Norman Jewison’s film Fiddler On The Roof (1971) adapts the musical by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick for the silver screen (the original musical was itself based on… Read more »
Murder At The Vanities
Murder At The Vanities (1934) is one of the best known pre-code Hollywood films today, having been featured in the Universal Backlot Series DVD boxed set Pre-Code Hollywood Collection from… Read more »
Voyage Of The Rock Aliens
Part B-Movie spoof, part MTV music video and all camp, Voyage Of The Rock Aliens (1984) is one of the great cult classics of the eighties. Featuring early green screen… Read more »
Rock & Rule
In the future, after a nuclear holocaust, anthropomorphic creatures have come to dominate the urban centers of the world. In the waste land left behind by humanity’s final wars, Mok… Read more »
Songs For Drella
After the sudden death of Andy Warhol in 1987, Julian Schnabel reunited John Cale with Lou Reed suggesting that the two musicians, formerly of The Velvet Underground, memorialize Warhol. The… Read more »
Cyrano
The oft told (and adapted) tale of Cyrano de Bergerac, Roxanne and Christian de Neuvillette gets the musical treatment courtesy of The National and director Joe Wright. The project originated… Read more »
The Runaways
Floria Sigismondi’s The Runaways (2010) is an explosive and highly romanticized look at the early years of the titular band. Inspired more than based on Cherie Currie’s memoir Neon Angel:… Read more »
