Or, in any case, my personal favorites based on what I’ve seen (I’ve seen a lot): Film: And Then We Danced Babyteeth Bad Education Black Bear Boys State Crip Camp Da 5 Bloods Disclosure I Carry You With Me Kajilionaire Minari Nomadland On a Magical Night Over the Moon Promising Young Woman Saint Frances Shithouse…
2020 in Books
xx JB
Happy Holidays
xx JB
Sweet dreams be yours, dear, if dreams there be.
R.I.P. Broadway powerhouse Rebecca Luker, one of the greats of her generation. xx JB
I Smell Snow
xx JB
Bye Bye Love
So, Nicole Kidman’s performance of “Zazz” from Ryan Murphy’s ungodly The Prom (which I LOVED when I saw it on stage, by the way) is widely released on Friday and on Monday Ann Reinking drops dead. Hm. Hmmmmmm. I renounce it. R.I.P. to this legend, whom I first loved as a kid as Miss Grace…
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The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century (So Far)
A response to The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/movies/greatest-actors-actresses.html), in random order: Some thoughts: I liked and was confused by the NYT’s choices in about equal measure (7/25 overlap with mine). Some safe (but good) ones, some surprising omissions, and some unexpected but welcome inclusions. Obviously I am in general far more interested in and enthralled…
Viewing Diary, November 2020
Film: 21 Jump Street Louder Than Bombs Carmen Jones Dogtooth Footlight Parade Night of the Living Dead Water Lilies Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights The Tigger Movie Piglet’s Big Movie The Living End Impromptu Carrington Cloudburst Bandits Crimes and Misdemeanors The Palm Beach Story The Yellow Rolls-Royce The Greatest Show on Earth Borat Natural Born Killers…
