Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (George C. Wolfe, 2020) (first view) Wolfe – a highly-accomplished and renowned theatre director – brings his stage background to bear in helping fill each minor role with real life, not letting the film scapegoat anybody....
I decided to undertake a movie challenge in 2017. This seemed like a good way to see some classic movies that I have unfortunately never seen. The Battleship Pretension Top 100 list provided such a challenge. Undoubtedly, I’ve written about how...
Ingrid Bergman CASABLANCA, NOTORIOUS, GASLIGHT, ANATASIA, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, JOAN OF ARC, SPEELBOUND Ingrid Bergman is the ‘kid’ in Casablanca’s famous line, “Here’s looking at you, kid”. Bergman began her career in her native Sweden both on stage...
