Noirish Posted by John Grant on September 5, 2019

A few months ago I read and raved about Catherine Ryan Howard’s second novel, The Liar’s Girl (2018), and promptly resolved to read her first. As is my wont, I left a period of grace between the two books (and will do so likewise between this one and her just-published...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 7, 2019

Ten years ago Alison Smith, a university student in Dublin, fled to a new life in the Netherlands after her boyfriend, Will Hurley, confessed to being the Canal Killer, serial murderer of five young women whose bodies had been found in the city’s Grand Canal, his final victim being Alison&#82   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on November 7, 2018

A novel that’s marked by a number of very visible failings but that I nonetheless enjoyed a very great deal. It’s the very early 1980s. Kate Fitzgerald, having served nine years to date for murdering her husband, is granted a TA (temporary absence) by the prison psychiatrist, Dr. Garbon   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on January 27, 2014

Since her film debut in 1980, Catherine Mary Stewart has thrived in film, television, and on stage. She starred in three bona fide cult classics from the 1980s: Night of the Comet, The Last Starfighter, and Weekend at Bernie's. She has guest starred in television series such as White Collar,...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on May 24, 2013

Women throughout history have cast aside their cumbersome petticoats, crinolines, corsets, and bustles in favour of more practical bifurcated garments. Although we are still navigating the complexity of the body-image standards to which women are being held today, can you imagine being arrested for   read more

Café Muscato Posted by Muscato on November 8, 2012

After all this week's sturm und drang, I think we need a moment of quiet reflection. How better to induce a little tranquility than to contemplate beauty? Here, therefore, the exquisite young Catherine Deneuve, serene in what is apparently a high-fashion photo studio version of a high wind. And s   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on June 24, 2012

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Catherine Craig and Robert Preston Married 46 years Thank you to Laura from Laura's Miscellaneous Musings for suggesting this couple to me! Catherine Craig played the bride Juli   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Catherine Craig and Robert Preston Married 46 years Thank you to Laura from Laura's Miscellaneous Musings for suggesting this couple to me! Catherine Craig played the bride Julia in You Were Never Lovelier (1942) which was one of the titles in my Weddings in Film series.   read more