On paper, Kenneth Branagh’s Love’s Labour’s Lost sounds inspired: take one of Shakespeare’s least-known plays, adapt it for the screen for the first time and transform it into a frothy musical to make it more accessible. Would that it t’were so simple. The King of Navarre (Alessandro Nivola) decides that he and three of his […]
My Favourite Discoveries of 2018
As 2018 ticks to a close, time for one more list. These are my favourite discoveries of the year—films that aren’t new, but were new to me. Bells Are Ringing (1960) A musical featuring the combined talents of Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Vincente Minnelli, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. This film is so easy to […]