‘Rear Window’: Alfred Hitchcock’s most entertaining film?
When the much-discussed, once-a-decade Sight and Sound film poll recently named “Vertigo” the greatest movie in history, I wasn’t as distressed as some people by the fact that the 1958 James Stewart-...
View ArticleIs Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’ the greatest film ever made?
When the British Film Institute journal Sight and Sound announced the results of its once-a-decade poll of international film critics, many were shocked by the fact that “Citizen Kane” lost the...
View Article‘Lylah Clare’: an awkward exit for Kim Novak
Kim Novak was one of the last Hollywood stars to make it almost entirely on her looks. She emerged in the mid-1950s in the shadow of Marilyn Monroe but never developed the skill to blossom in comedy...
View ArticleThe tell-it-like-it-is 2011 memoir by James Garner
The death of James Garner on Sunday prompted a remarkable outpouring of affection by co-workers and fans. The star had an easy-going style that was often overlooked in favor of the more ostentatious...
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