I missed this morning’s screening of Ralph Fiennes‘ Coriolanus, but at the 1 pm Undefeated screening two seasoned critics raved about Vanessa Redgrave‘s performance as Volumnia, the mother of Fiennes’ titular character. Add Guy Lodge’s Berlin Film Festival rave and there doesn’t seem to be much doubt about Redgrave being a top contender for a Best Supporting Actress nomination.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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