Burgess Meredith — Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

The Late Donald Sutherland Will Always be MY Homer Simpson, Though I'm Fond of the Cartoon Character as Well

In 1975, Donald Sutherland unforgettably played Homer Simpson in the splashy big-screen adaptation of Nathaniel West’s The Day of the Locust, but you’re probably familiar with the name for a different reason.

My Shudder Pick of the Month, the 1978 Anthony Hopkins Vehicle Magic, is an Evil Dummy Movie Positively Lousy with Class and Prestige

The Oscar-winning director of Gandhi joined forces with the Academy-Award-winning screenwriter of All The President’s Men and the Oscar-festooned star of Silence of the Lambs for an evil ventriloquist dummy movie that’s way better than it has any right to be.

Day of the Locust depicts Hollywood as a Circle of Hell

Many dark melodramas have been made about Hollywood’s ugly side but few are as bleak or as riveting as John Schlesinger’s 1975 adaptation of Nathaniel West’s The Day of the Locust.