Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer, Claudia Puig, Wade Major, and Charles Solomon discuss the week’s new releases, including New Moon, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, The Blind Side, Planet 51, Defamation, That Evening Sun, and La Danse, among others. Then, Grace Kelly had a fairy-tale life, leaving a childhood in Philadelphia to become an iconic Hollywood actress and later the Princess of Monaco. In film, Kelly is remembered for her appearances in Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, and her Academy Award-winning role in The Country Girl. In the biography "High Society", Grace Kelly's close friend Donald Spoto draws from his personal interviews with the star to share details about Kelly's life, her impact on Hollywood, and her years as a princess.
Guests:
Jean Oppenheimer, Village Voice Media film critic
Claudia Puig, USA Today film critic
Wade Major, BoxOffice.com
Charles Solomon, animation critics and historian, Amazon.com
Donald Spoto, author of "High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly" (Harmony Books). He is the author of twenty-five books, including biographies of Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, and Audrey Hepburn.