Showing posts with label Pauline Kael. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pauline Kael. Show all posts
Thursday, 14 April 2016

Mrs Stone, on her Roman balcony, 1960

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We have written about Mrs Stone here before - that beauty on a Roman balcony in 1960. That Tennessee Williams boxset some years back (in ...
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Tuesday, 22 December 2015

A NEW Sound of Music ....

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THE SOUND OF MUSIC was one musical I never wanted to see and I successfully avoided it until New Year's Day 1996 when I had to give in...
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Monday, 24 March 2014

Filmed Theatre: A View From The Bridge

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Arthur Miller’s A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE must have been a powerhouse play back in the ‘50s, with Van Heflin in the lead as that Brooklyn ...
Friday, 7 February 2014

'60s rarities continue: The Sea Gull

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Finally, the 1968 film of Chekhov's THE SEA GULL is available (a no-frills Warner Archive all region release). This has been one of ...
Thursday, 3 May 2012

Advise and Consent, 1962, and that Sergeant ...

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1962 ! - is it really 50 years ago? I was 16 and mad about movies, books and magazines and music; I see my 16 year old nephew now just a...
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Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Thoroughly modern star!

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After the '50s golden age the rise and fall of musicals in the '60s seems curious now: WEST SIDE STORY was huge, as was GYPSY a...
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Thursday, 21 July 2011

Fantasies of the Art House Audience

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It has been illuminating this dreary wet summer to return to those early books of the collected writings of critic Pauline Kael [1919-2001]...