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‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ review: Saluting a comedy icon

[ad_1] The lovely and loving documentary “Remembering Gene Wilder” is by no means a complete picture of the legendary comedic actor who died in 2016 at 83. But within the bounds of a fast-paced 90 or so minutes, director-editor Ron Frank and writer Glenn Kirschbaum enjoyably guide us through many highlights of Wilder’s career and… Continue reading ‘Remembering Gene Wilder’ review: Saluting a comedy icon

‘Carol Doda Topless at the Condor’ pays buoyant tribute to ’60s icon

[ad_1] San Francisco’s own Botticelli’s Venus was nightclub dancing goddess Carol Doda, her scallop shell a white baby grand piano supported by hydraulics and descending from a hole in the ceiling rather than surfacing from the sea. But also, in perhaps the key difference from that painting, hardly so modest as to cover her breasts… Continue reading ‘Carol Doda Topless at the Condor’ pays buoyant tribute to ’60s icon