Molly Haskell

Molly Haskell

Born: September 29, 1939
in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Molly Haskell is an American film critic and author.

Movies for Molly Haskell...

Audrey
Title: Audrey
Character: Self - Film Critic
Released: November 30, 2020
Type: Movie
An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).
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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Title: What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised for her subjective and sometimes ruthless reviews, Kael’s writing was refreshingly and intensely rooted in her experience of watching a film as a member of the audience. Loved and hated in equal measure – loved by other critics for whom she was immensely influential, and hated by filmmakers whose films she trashed - Kael destroyed films that have since become classics such as The Sound of Music and raved about others such as Bonnie and Clyde. She was also aware of the perennial difficulties for women working in the movies and in film criticism, and fiercely fought sexism, both in her reviews and in her media appearances.
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Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Title: Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor
Character: Herself
Released: April 27, 2018
Type: Movie
This documentary recounts the difficult choice actress Mary Astor had to make after learning her personal, very intimate, diaries had been stolen. The film tells the story of Astor's 1936 child custody case.
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Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
Title: Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
Character: Self
Released: May 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and '50s.
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One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Title: One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Character: Self
Released: August 26, 2014
Type: Movie
The grim woes that surrounded famed director Peter Bogdanovich and his film, "They All Laughed."
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Title: Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Character: Self
Released: August 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind the scenes in motion pictures held peripheral careers compared with their male counterparts.
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Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Title: Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Character: Herself
Released: April 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Historians, biographers and personal friends of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Margaret Mitchell reveal a complex woman who experienced profound identity shifts during her life and struggled with the two great issues of her day: the changing role of women and the liberation of African Americans.
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Title: Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2010
Type: TV
Each installment focuses on a different era of American movie history, from the invention of the first moving pictures to the revolutionary, cutting-edge films of the 1960s.
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Title: 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character: Self
Released: July 2, 2009
Type: Movie
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Title: Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Character: Self
Released: October 21, 2008
Type: Movie
Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Title: Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: March 3, 2008
Type: Movie
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
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Inside 'The Apartment'
Title: Inside 'The Apartment'
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 2008
Type: Movie
A 2007 documentary on the making of "The Apartment."
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Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
Title: Decoy: A Map to Nowhere
Character: Self
Released: July 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary on the film noir Decoy, with Dick Cavett and Molly Haskell.
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They Live by Night: The Twisted Road
Title: They Live by Night: The Twisted Road
Character: Self
Released: July 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary short on the making of "They Live by Night" (1948).
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Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
Title: Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
Character: Self
Released: July 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.
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Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
Title: Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary about actor Jack Lemmon.
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Title: Legends
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: TV
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.
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On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
Title: On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
Character: Self
Released: February 7, 2006
Type: Movie
In this documentary short, film historian David Thomson and critic Molly Haskell analyze the themes of Howard Hawks's 1940 film "His Girl Friday."
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Complicated Women
Title: Complicated Women
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: May 6, 2003
Type: Movie
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
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Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Title: Hidden Values: The Movies of the Fifties
Character: Self
Released: September 4, 2001
Type: Movie
This documentary was broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel to kick off the presentation of films related to TCM's theme of the month for September 2001. Actors Lee Grant and Paul Mazursky, producer Roger Corman, director John Carpenter, film critic Molly Haskell, and journalist Peter Biskind discuss the issues involved in six films of the 1950s. Topics include teenage loneliness, youth rebellion, changing gender roles, and the beginning of the sexual revolution.
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Doris Day: It's Magic
Title: Doris Day: It's Magic
Character: Self
Released: October 18, 1998
Type: Movie
When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in her personal life. This documentary brings viewers close to the real Doris Day through the eyes of her friends and family members and with the help of film footage, newsreels and photographs. What surfaces is a complex picture of an equally complicated woman who faced problems far more formidable than her cinematic image revealed.
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Title: Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Character: Self - Film Critic
Released: July 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Title: Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Character: Self
Released: July 8, 1997
Type: Movie
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
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Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker
Title: Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker
Character: Commentator
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Portrait of writer Dorothy Parker, her Algonquin Round Table friends, her writing and her troubled life. Includes interviews, archival footage of Parker reading poetry and scenes from the 1994 film on Parker's life, "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle," starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Matthew Broderick.
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Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Title: Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Character: Self
Released: November 16, 1991
Type: Movie
A retrospective documentary on the life and career of Ohio-born actress, singer and TV star Doris Day.
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Title: American Masters
Character: Self
Released: June 23, 1986
Type: TV
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
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The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
Title: The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 1972
Type: Movie
A stimulating, hilarious, provocative collection of the best American films dealing with you-know-what. Prize-winning films chosen by judges Gore Vidal, Andy Warhol, Terry Southern, Milos Forman, Holly Woodlawn, Sylvia Miles and Xaviera Hollander at the last two Erotic Film Festivals in New York.
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Notes on the New York Film Festival
Title: Notes on the New York Film Festival
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1971
Type: Movie
An interview with Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom who were presenting films at the ninth New York Film Festival (1971). The documentary was first presented on the television program Camera Three.