This summer, I'm teaching a class on Gene Kelly. Held at Facets Film School in Chicago, my six-week class on Kelly and the evolution of cine-dance...
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WTF Is With All Those Centennial Celebrations of Gene Kelly?
The folks at Virginia Quarterly Review were nice enough to let me write an essay for them on Gene Kelly. In the piece I discuss the slew of...
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Hit Me with Your Best Shot (from Singin’ in the Rain)
To celebrate the week of Gene Kelly's centennial, The Film Experience is hosting Hit Me with Your Best Shot: Singin' in the Rain. Here's my...
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Remembering Gene Kelly and His Writings (with a Nod to The Boston Globe)
Over the weekend, The Boston Globe published "Remembering Gene Kelly, True Song-and-Dance Man." At first glance, this column, written by arts critic...
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Gene Kelly in the Twenty-First Century: A Presentation
As mentioned in my previous post, "Where I've Been Lately: A Confession," I spent much several weeks in March compiling the following talk, which I...
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Where I’ve Been Lately: A Confession
Forgive me, readers, for I have sinned. It has been 3 weeks since my last post. The month of March has been horribly busy. Unfortunately, most of...
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The Oscars’ (Misleading, Dumb, and Revealing) 2012 Ad Campaign
This year's Oscars ad campaign, "Celebrate the Movies in All of Us," was devised by Academy Award co-producers, Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, and...
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Backstage Musicals: For People Without Balls (Quote of the Day)
The main reason why most film and TV musicals are backstagers is simple: it provides a ready-made excuse for people to sing. Just like a movie...
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