There is much to appreciate about The Perfect Stranger. Primarily a comedy, it also encompasses mystery in its back story and drama. Most of all, it is about humanity and the connections people make.
If I Were You … I'd See This Film
That Joan Carr-Wiggin would have a woman playing a male role supports her writing / directing milieu of making films with strong female leads.
Cross Dressing for Success
Palm Springs International Film Festival honoree Glenn Close revives a role and creates Oscar buzz
In the movie, released in December, Close plays a woman passing herself off as a middle-aged male butler in 19th century Dublin, Ireland.
Marilyn & Johnny, 1949-50
Susan Bernard flips open the archives of her father, great Hollywood glamour photographer Bruno Bernard.
Adapted from Marilyn: Intimate Exposures (Sterling Signature) by Susan Bernard. Photos by Bruno Bernard.
Something to See Here
Actor Jim Carrey’s serial humor belies his artful quest to make sense of the world and affect people’s lives
Actor Jim Carrey’s serial humor belies his artful quest to make sense of the world and affect people’s lives
New Books By Local Authors – January 2012
WORD ASSOCIATION
REX JOHN of Palm Springs has published a thriller titled Makeovers, SHANNON MARIE DUFFY of Palm Springs has co-authored with John Zakour of New York a young adult novel titled Stormy Knight
The Big Picture
INTELLIGENCER
In November, Christie’s hammered the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction: German artist Andreas Gursky’s image of the desolate Rhine under gray skies. Rhine II sold for $4.34 million
Editor's Letter January 2012
The Stars are Shining on Palm Springs
Sometimes, celebrities appear exactly as you expect when you meet them. And we meet many — especially when the Palm Springs International Film Festival (Jan. 5-16) draws the eyes of the entertainment industry.
Deep Waters
James Egan has the film impresario John Waters covered
James Egan was working in his father’s insurance business in Baltimore at the time he met avante-garde John Waters at a birthday party for drag queen Divine 37 years ago.
Seeing Stars
The curtain opens on the desert’s celebrity-studded signature event.
Film fanatics chatter enthusiastically in the winter sunshine. Their excited murmur floats through the desert air.