We’re not sure exactly when filmmaker Dan Wingate started filming this very affectionate profile of the late great KAYE BALLARD as several of the show business luminaries who line up to sing her praises have also passed on. They include Carol Channing, Jerry Stiller, Hal Prince and Liz Smith. Kaye Ballard, had a very … Continue reading
The Covid 19 pandemic that has put all our lives on hold, or simply twisted them almost out of recognition , will finish one day . The only thing certain is when the world is a safer place, the movie industry is bound to rush to make so many films about the Lockdown that we … Continue reading
It’s been 15 years since filmmaker Noah Baumbach made his breakthrough movie ‘The Squid and The Whale‘ which netted him an Academy Award Nomination for Original Screenplay. In the years since he has helmed several intriguing and enjoyable movies such as Margot At The Wedding, Greenberg and Francis Ha, yet none of them captured … Continue reading
This new documentary about the three-time Oscar Nominated actress Natalie Wood has not only been sanctioned by her family but daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner acts as an adhoc host. Even so it still seems inevitable that any sort of biography of Wood is always dominated by her early tragic death and sadly at the … Continue reading
In her third movie to date writer/director Eliza Hittman has shown a remarkable insight and understanding of teenage angst. Hittman’s sophomore film was Beach Rats a LGBT coming-out story that threw a different perspective on what is inevitably a difficult rite-of-passage for most gay youth. It picked up several Awards including a Best Director … Continue reading