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In Praise of Michelle Williams

Over at Betty Confidential, Melissa Carter admits that she liked Michelle Williams’ performance in My Week With Marilyn more than she expected: “It was incredibly ambitious and brave to take on this role. For any woman to offer herself up … Continue reading


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Colin Clark’s ‘Laddish Fantasy’

    The journalist and broadcaster, Andrew Collins – who wrote a lovely profile of MM in the Radio Times recently – was disappointed by My Week With Marilyn: “Because it’s based on Clark’s account, published after Marilyn was long … Continue reading


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The Many Faces of Sadness

As part of their ‘Reel Sex’ series, Film School Rejects look back at this year’s movie highlights, including My Week With Marilyn: ‘The thing about beauty is it can be a lonely sort of curse. One can only have the … Continue reading


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Facts, Fiction and ‘My Week With Marilyn’

Sarah Churchwell (author of The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe) talks to NPR about My Week With Marilyn. (Photo collage by The Marilynette Lounge) “Michelle Williams’ performance is really quite extraordinary. And as you could hear even in the clip … Continue reading


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Marilyn, Lindsay and the Male Gaze

Over at Huffington Post, Emily Brooks offers a feminist critique of My Week With Marilyn: “It is a shame that Williams’ Monroe appears primarily as a backdrop for this coming of age story. She is more intriguing than Clark’s character, … Continue reading


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Colin Clark’s Bedtime Stories

After seeing My Week With Marilyn, Mick LaSalle – film critic at the San Francisco Chronicle – read Colin Clark’s book, which gave him pause for thought: “Here’s the problem: In the account of the missing week, he and Marilyn … Continue reading


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‘My Week With Marilyn’: Truth or Fantasy?

The Los Angeles Times reports on the mystery surrounding Colin Clark’s story in My Week With Marilyn, speaking to Michelle Williams, and also those who knew Monroe well during this period, including Amy Greene and Joan Copeland (Arthur Miller’s sister.) … Continue reading


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Sarah Churchwell on ‘My Week With Marilyn’

Sarah Churchwell, author of The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, mentioned Colin Clark’s My Week With Marilyn on Twitter this morning:


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When Judi Dench Met Sybil Thorndike

Judi Dench, who plays another dame – Sybil Thorndike – in My Week With Marilyn, told the Radio Times of her own meeting the revered actress in 1958: ‘Her latest role sees her portraying august actress Dame Sybil Thorndike in … Continue reading


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Michelle Morgan on ‘My Week With Marilyn’

Another in-depth review, this time from Monroe fan and biographer Michelle Morgan, including her own insights into what really happened: “I was very concerned with the way Marilyn would be played, and how she would come across, but I didn’t … Continue reading


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