Two sentences per movie. The last time I did a retro movie diary, I had three weeks to catch up on. Now I have…more than that. No sweat! Seabiscuit, 2003, dir. Gary Ross / I wasn’t prepared to enjoy this as much as I did, but, ahem, never count out the power of an ornery… Read More Movie Diary 2023 (4/6-5/31): Let’s Just Get Through May to Start
The following is from my series of Oscar Best Picture rankings, as well as my strongly worded suggestions for what should have won from among the nominees. For an introduction to the project, click here. For a way to vote on some Oscar-related ideas, click here. If I’ve written a review on any of the… Read More Better than the Oscars: 20-16
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm I wonder what Noel Coward would have made of All About Eve, which has much of the same species of charm that his own work has but with a major improvement: All About Eve thinks that women are perhaps even more interesting than men,… Read More All About Eve (1950)
