Tag: Otto Preminger

December 19, 2015 / Vickie Lester

“There were giants in the industry. Now it is an era of midgets and conglomerates.” Otto Preminger

December 19, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Vickie Lester, and a moment of penance for a film that opens Christmas Day

“The Hateful Eight” The glory of 70 mm filmmaking resurrected in the service of a vapid one-note narrative, that devolves into a prolonged finale of exploding meat bags. That said, I’ve seen a number of films this year that were excellent — this just wasn’t one of them — and…

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July 18, 2013 / Vickie Lester

GENE TIERNEY IN A HAT – LAURA

I’m trying to be objective about this hat, maybe if it weren’t checkered? Well, in that vein I have to say Gene Tierney looks good in anything. Here she’s dining with the fab Vincent Price, playing her gold digging fiancé (Shelby Carpenter), in “Laura”. Directed by Otto Preminger. Based on a…

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