A life in the theater A life in the theater

While I’d stop short of calling All About Eve a camp classic, it holds an undeniable and lasting interest for gay viewers.

on September 26, 2020 at 12:44 PM
To seek and find To seek and find

The candor of some aspects of Now, Voyager—which at times can feel fairly formulaic—has moments that are truly startling, and there is something surprisingly modern and frank in the not-entirely-fulfilling concluding moments.

on September 10, 2020 at 1:00 PM
Slow curtain Slow curtain

We put together these two very different movies from more than half a century apart—Of Human Bondage (1934) and The Whales of August (1987)—and thus get a sense of the long arc of a career.

on August 31, 2020 at 12:39 PM
Two sisters Two sisters

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane is, of course, the founding document behind the concept—itself almost a piece of Grand Guignol theatrics—of horror as the genre to which female stars are left once they’ve hit 50.

on August 17, 2020 at 10:52 AM
Going south Going south

By the end, we have rolling heads, a lot of screaming, and cheap horror too often overwhelms the better instincts of the screenwriters.

on August 10, 2020 at 11:57 AM
Even her agony was a kind of joy Even her agony was a kind of joy

I’ve heard admirers for years describe this as their favorite Bette Davis performance, and it’s easy to see why; she brings her entire range to the role, and you can’t take your eyes off her.

on July 27, 2020 at 9:47 AM
“I wish I could say I was sorry!” “I wish I could say I was sorry!”

James Levine is trying to discredit one of his alleged victims by dredging up a ‘love’ letter his teen accuser once wrote to him.”

on June 17, 2018 at 7:56 PM
I used to think you were all sugar water I used to think you were all sugar water

You may not be a born Regina in The Little Foxes if you’re the sort of person who exclaims “Good gravy!”

on June 05, 2018 at 9:39 AM
“What gets me…!” “What gets me…!”

What gets me, La Cieca snaps, is not so much that Levine bit off more than he could chew, because that’s old news.

on October 07, 2015 at 2:17 PM
Man of steel Man of steel

“This throwback to the golden age of opera—superhuman singing greeted with frenzied ovations—was a function of a perfect storm of excitement.”

on September 30, 2015 at 2:38 PM
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