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Ties that Bind: Seven Friendships on Film

July 1, 2024 By retromoviebuff Leave a Comment

The cast of The Big Chill

I recently saw the new production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, now in its last weeks at the Hudson Theatre, and it’s been rattling around in my brain ever since. (Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe are outstanding. If you can make it, don’t miss it.) A musical […]

Filed Under: Lists Tagged With: Anton Walbrook, Barbara Stanwyck, British Films, Classic Hollywood, Comedy, Criterion Collection, Drama, Emeric Pressburger, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Powell, Peter O'Toole, Pre-Code Hollywood, Richard Burton, Roger Livesey, Romantic Comedy

Crooked House: ‘Gaslight’ (1940)

August 6, 2019 By retromoviebuff 4 Comments

This post is part of the 6th Annual Rule Britannia Blogathon, hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts. See the other posts here. In Gaslight, objects have a peculiar habit of going missing. A picture, a pocket-watch, a brooch—all seem to disappear into the bowels of the house and reappear where they ought not to be. […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Anton Walbrook, Blogathon, British Films, Diana Wynyard, Drama, MGM, Thorold Dickinson

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