Tag: show business
Elaine Stritch : Shoot Me
In the year approaching her 87th Birthday Broadway Legend Elaine Stritch allowed first time Director Chiemi Karasawa to follow her around and film her warts and all resulting in this compelling new documentary. A brave move for someone battling with diabetes and failing health who is determined to keep performing even though it seems such…
We Always Lie To Strangers
The opening scenes of this new documentary …. with its perfectly wonderful title …. reels off a whole list of extraordinary facts about the small town of Branson in Missouri that you are almost tempted to book a flight there immediately. With a local population of just over 10000 all year round, they get a remarkable 8…
I Am Divine
Glen Milstead aka Divine was unquestionably John Water’s finest actor and muse. Not simply because of his talent that was as outsize as his physique, but because like Waters he was both totally fearless and dared to push the boundaries of bad taste as far as he possibly could. And he did it all in…
WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS
The opening scenes of this new documentary …. with its perfectly wonderful title …. reels off a whole list of extraordinary facts about the small town of Branson in Missouri that you are almost tempted to book a flight there immediately. With a local population of just over 10000 all year round, they get a…
I KNEW IT WAS YOU : REDISCOVERING JOHN CAZALE
In the 1970’s John Cazale starred in five motion pictures all of which were nominated for Best Picture Oscars (with 4 of them winning them). His co-stars were the heavyweights of the profession and between them they collected another 12 Oscars for their work in these classic movies, and in this HBO Documentary they lined…
