Blast from the Past: There is reconciliation at the end of the story, with each woman deciding to work harder at her marriage. There’s also restoration of order, albeit male-dominated, manifest in patriarchal family.
A Letter to Three Wives (1949): Mankiewicz’s Satirical Critique of Bourgeois Marriage and Mass Pop Culture, Starring Jeanne Crain, Kirk Douglas, Linda Dranell
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Saint Jack (1979): Bogdanovich’s Crime-Character Study, Starring Ben Gazzara
April 23, 2022 by
Blast from the Past In sort of a comeback as a filmmaker, after several expensive flops, Peter Bogdanovich directed Saint Jack, a crime character study, based on the 1973 novel Saint Jack. Grade: B+ (***1/2 out of *****) Ben Gazzara shines as the star of the film, whose cast also includes Denholm Elliott and George […]
Oscar Scandals: Slapgate–Chris Rock’s Mom
April 23, 2022 by
“I feel really bad that he never apologized. His people wrote up a piece and said, ‘I apologize to Chris Rock,’ but something like that is personal. You reach out–Rock’s mother
Cranes Are Flying, The (Russian: Letyat Zhuravli) (1958): Mikhail Kalatozov’s WWII Melodrama, Cannes Fest Top Winner, Starring Tatiana Samoilova and Aleksey Batalov
April 23, 2022 by
Blast from the Past: The Cranes Are Flying, a Soviet film about WWII, depicts the cruelty of war and the damage done to the Soviet psyche, both collective and personal.
Mummy, The: Director Alex Kurtzman–It’s the Biggest Failure of My Life
April 23, 2022 by
It was critical and commercial flop of mega proportions– Kurtzman hasn’t directed a picture since.
