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Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke give sexploitation cinema a queer spin in 'Drive-Away Dolls'
Read full article: Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke give sexploitation cinema a queer spin in 'Drive-Away Dolls'Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's “Drive-Away Dolls" signifies both the much-awaited return of Coen to narrative filmmaking and the giddy revival of a long-dormant spirit of ’70s B-movie filmmaking.
Jimmy Van Eaton, an early rock 'n' roll drummer who played at Sun Records, dies at 86
Read full article: Jimmy Van Eaton, an early rock 'n' roll drummer who played at Sun Records, dies at 86A pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, has died.
Back to normal? Cannes Film Festival prepares to party
Read full article: Back to normal? Cannes Film Festival prepares to partyAfter the 2020 Cannes Film Festival was canceled by the pandemic and the 2021 edition was scaled back — even kisses were forbade on the red carpet — the lavish French Riviera cinema soiree is set to return with a festival that promises to be something like normal.
75th Cannes to feature Cronenberg, Chan-wook and 'Elvis'
Read full article: 75th Cannes to feature Cronenberg, Chan-wook and 'Elvis'With tensions around the war in Ukraine as a backdrop, the Cannes Film Festival plans to host some 35,000 people as the movie industry looks to reclaim its pre-pandemic glamour.
Little Richard, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87
Read full article: Little Richard, flamboyant rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard's, told The Associated Press that Little Richard died Saturday morning. “Little Richard? That’s rock ‘n’ roll,” Neil Young, who heard Richard’s riffs on the radio in Canada, told biographer Jimmy McDonough. “I am the architect of rock ‘n’ roll!” Little Richard crowed at the 1988 Grammy Awards as the crowd rose in a standing ovation. In late 1955, Little Richard recorded the bawdy “Tutti Frutti,” with lyrics that were sanitized by a New Orleans songwriter.