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Got a Girl Crush On: Patty from “The Jerk”
Style idol.
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Got a Girl Crush On: Roberta Martin from “Now and Then”
The second best thing about Now and Then—after the soundtrack—is the fashion. And while there’s a lot to love about Teeny’s pudding-boob-enhancing tops and Chrissy’s pink everything, the one who cares the least about clothes does it best. See how Roberta—played by Christina Ricci, she of the perfect forehead—plays it.
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Got a Girl Crush On: Calamity Jane
“Never was a glibber fibber or a cuter shooter”
Doris Day in a 50s romp as Calamity Jane (1953) based on the life of Martha Jane Canary.
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High ResolutionGot a Girl Crush On: Hey Girlfriend!: Girls’ Lena Dunham Curates BAM Film Series
BAMcinématek presents Hey Girlfriend! Lena Dunham Selects, an eight-film series centered on the theme of female friendships. Coming to BAM between April 2-8, the series is curated byDunham, the creator and star of Tiny Furniture as well asHBO’s forthcoming series Girls (and an occasional PAPERcontributor). Both of Dunham’s projects, which examine post-college life in New York through the lens of the director and her cohorts, draw from female relationship movies like The Last Days of Disco (1998), Girlfriends (1978) and This is My Life (1992), which will all be screened throughout the week.
(via bbook)
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High ResolutionGot a Girl Crush On: Bérénice Bejo as Peppy Miller in The Artist
When was the last time you came out of a movie theater smiling ear-to-ear and wanting to click your heels as you walked down the sidewalk? The Artist was pure unadulterated magic and Bérénice Bejo is its grinning, tap-dancing magician.
If this doesn’t win a basket of Oscars I will boycott the film industry indefinitely!!
(Source: nedhepburn, via thebrookelynway)
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High ResolutionGot a Girl Crush On: Julie Delpy
Before Sunrise and Before Sunset are some magical magical pieces of film (and, as luck should have it—a third is in the works!). So is 2 Days in Paris (which she wrote, directed, and starred in). She cut her proverbial acting teeth in a freakin’ Godard film to boot!
J.D. is sassy, feisty, sultry, has amazing comedic timing, and as Meighan from My Love For You properly surmised, “totally bonkers at all the right moments”.
And, what do you know, girl can also sing too.
Can’t wait for more Delpy on Hawke action!
(via thebrookelynway)
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Got a Girl Crush On: Jean Seberg in Breathless
Her french is totally Américain flecked (but, hey—I can only speak bare bones French and Spanish, so I am not one to make-fun), but she’s just so DAMNED CUTE!
Ohhh my kingdom for a non-misshapen noggin to be able to rock that pixie cut!
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High ResolutionGot a Girl Crush On: Ali Macgraw
One of my favorite movies as a pre-teen was Love Story (heavy shit for a kid, right?). Ali Macgraw was a bookish, nerdy, tomboyish BABE and I adored her owning it.
P.S. If you’ve never seen Love Story and are due for a good cry—I can guarantee a proper sobfest with this 1970 Arthur Miller classic.
(via tomboystyle)
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Got A Girl Crush On: Melina Mercouri
(Photographed by Henry Groskinsky for Life Magazine, 1965)I first caught wind of Ms. Mercouri when I was taking film classes in college. I had taken a liking to director, Jules Dassin (whom she would later marry) and long story short… I eventually stumbled on to Never On Sunday (1960).
Although, I’m not one to easily fall for the quintessential “hooker with a heart of gold” character and premise, I found that with her character, Illya, it was difficult not to (I wasn’t the only one. She immediately received international fame, picking up ‘Best Actress’ at both Cannes and the Academy Awards). Her multi-dimensional character is so genuinely light-hearted and joyful that it’s hard to think of the off screen Melina being any different. This hunch is just further confirmed by what’s portrayed in her various films, interviews and photos.
While today’s leading ladies are barely old enough to be considered ladies, Melina Mercouri began her acting career in her mid-thirties and had become a world-famous sex symbol at 40 — being dubbed “The Last Greek Goddess”.
Oh yeah… In addition to film, she performed on broadway, pursued a music career, and was later elected into Greek Parliament where she became the first woman to hold a senior cabinet post as Minister of Culture.
If all that doesn’t impress you, I don’t know what will. Her infectious smile, alone, reflects a woman that I can only hope to become. Hence, the girl crush.
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