Photographer Bruce Barone worked for Hearst magazines during the 1970s in New York and shot dozens of pictures of everyday life in the Big Apple throughout those years. His street life photographs present a delightful glimpse into times past. Some of these images are on track to be published in a book. Click here for the ...

Swiss actress Usula Andress (1936) is probably best remembered for her role as very first Bond girl in 1962’s Dr. No when she starred opposite Sean Connery. She went on to play in films as Fun in Acapulco (1963) with Elvis Presley, 4 for Texas (1963) with Frank Sinatra and as the countess in The Blue ...

She never quite gained the same fame as those other two Blond Bombshells of the Golden Era, Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, but actress Mamie Van Doren (1931) does have an interesting dieselpunkesque connection: she was discovered by magnate Howard Hughes and dated the billionaire for several years. Unlike Monroe and Mansfield however, Van Doren didn’t ...

If asked what my favourite movement in American cinema was, the answer would definitively be, “Well, film noir, of course!” Honestly, what movement is more of an American classic? Just like its French-given name of “film noir” demanding those silly italics, it’s likewise ironic that my favourite film noir is ostensibly British in ...