MoviesWill Geers' Theatricum Botanicum, the idyllic setting of the four-day California festival, began life as a refuge for actors who were persecuted in the name of anti-communismThe audience arriving for the opening night of the 8th Topanga film festival at the Theatricum Botanicum are greeted by a veritable wooded wonderland. Think Sundance in the Shire, with drinks in front of the Hamlet Hut, a dusty brook and musicians strumming acoustic guitars under giant oak trees. Read More...
MoviesObituaryJill AdamsActor in Boulting Brothers films, she was likened to MonroeIn 1956 Jill Adams, who has died aged 77, was declared by Picturegoer magazine to be "one of our best glamour girl bets", and she was much photographed and written about, not so much for her film roles as her purported status as "Britain's Marilyn Monroe". In truth her ready smile proved particularly suited to comedy, where she appeared with some of the top British movie actors of the era. Read More...
Misha Glenny is a former central Europe correspondent for the Guardian and the BBC. His books include McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime; DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia; The Rebirth Of History: Eastern Europe in the Age of Democracy; The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War; and The Balkans, 1804-2012: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers.
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