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CYNTHIA HAWKINS has acquired much of her knowledge from movies, including how to tango, how to take someone down with a ballpoint pen, how to curse in French, how to catch a moving train, how to dress for breakfast (see above), and how to tell Emilio Estevez apart from his brother.
She often writes about the cinema, hipping us on which new Westerns are worth seeing, which films you should check out on Halloween, and what you should watch instead of Charlie St. Cloud (other than, you know, anything).
She’s written critical essays on Inception, Please Give, the Robert Duvall effect, the Academy Award nominees for Best Soundtrack, the movie formerly known as Avatar, and her own critical essay on the movie formerly known as Avatar.
She’s had in-depth conversations with Simon Smithson on The Expendables and Gloria Harrison on Tron.
She schooled her husband — and us — on how to read a movie trailer (hint: Gerard Butler = bad).
And she has a record collection that gives new meaning to the word “eclectic.”
It’s Cynthia! It’s Cynthia! Woooo!
Cynthia is to movies as Joe Daly is to music. Totally rad.
It’s like it’s my birthday today without any of the growing older business! Thanks Gloria 🙂
…and in addition to all that amazing writing stuff, she’s rather easy on the eyes…
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I guess it proves that you don’t HAVE to be a shabby old geezer that doesn’t even own a razor that smokes too much whiskey and pisses ennui to be a good writer!
dwoz, YOU WIN.
Hey, Look at you, Cynthia!
You’ve got yourself a huge big square!
Well-deserved, that’s what I’d say, uh huh!
Why thank you ma’am. All I need now is a wicked lightsaber!
I’ll bet Richard could make you one to replace that cigarette holder.
@Cynthia,
and really, who doesn’t need one, after all?
And, aside from her wonderful writing, Cynthia has got to be the coolest looking girl on TNB!
There are so few times I get called “cool,” I’ll take it! Thanks Jessica 🙂
So proud of you! You began your story telling when you were around three:) Glad your audience has grown.
Thanks dad 🙂 What happened to the gravatar picture I set up for you?
It’s funny, but I feel like I learn so much about language in your pieces. How to talk about movies, what words convey the things in movies I don’t think to apply words to, etc. Cynthia’s one of my favs!
Art
That’s such a lovely thing to say, Art. Thanks!
My go-to girl for movie advice and the fairy godmother of classy commentary, Cynthia Hawkins, you are quite a lady. Xo
Many, many thanks LRC!
When I need a fresh take on an old movie or some insight into crafts of the silver screen, I can always count on Cynthia to deliver the goods. Congrats and well done, CH!
Thanks Joe Daly! And yours is a name I cannot type without adding \m/.
I’ve always loved this picture of you Cynthia… even more so now that I realize you’re holding a pixie stick…
And it has sugar in it, I promise 😉 It did have, anyway. This was the Halloween costume I wore to take the kids trick-or-treating, and my toddler crushed my pixie stick at some point. I left a trail of purple sugar down the street and looked like a drunk with a crumpled cigarette the rest of the night.
It’s one of Blaise’s pixy stix. ; )
Was looking at some of Greg’s pics from a photo shoot he did in France and then yours showed up in the queue because he had just created this feature for you.
And I said,”THIS is the one I like best.”
Your writing, sure, is great, but you are also so damn pretty!
You are so sweet, Stephanie St John Olear! Thank you lovely lady!
I mentally cheered when I saw this.
If it wasn’t 2am, and I wasn’t staying at my parents I would have cheered mentally…
I’m thinking steak and Batman all week to celebrate!
Lookit you! Congratulations on the spotlight!
Simply lovely! 🙂
Like yourself 😀 Thanks Z!
Thanks Ronlyn!
It’s the one, the only…Cynthia Hawkins! One of my favorite TNB peeps. And fellow Black Swan devotee.
AND creator of the world’s best Catsio home video.
Aw, you’re the best, Richard. Where would I be without you? Not growing basil. That’s where.
And in addition to all this, sews an AWESOME Zombie Chicken!
Heh! Thanks Matt. I hope he’s been taking very good care of you, leaving your brains alone and what-not.
Well deserved for the woman who single-handedly carries on the Tallulah Bankhead tradition so lacking here, through the sheer power of the throwback gravatar.
Happy to fill the void, Sean, thanks! My family wishes I’d dress that way every day. I’m actually wearing cut-off jeans right now. Yes. Cut off jeans.
Hey, so, Expendables 2 – we’re on that, right?