May. It's a Wrap
Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 9:00AM Another shut-in month is coming to a close in this dread COVID-19 season. We're trying to keep you entertained without new movies in theaters. Here are a dozen key posts from the month that was in case u missed 'em.
• Down With Love - Costume designer Daniel Orlandi shares his memories of working on this one of a kind romantic comedy and 60s riff
• Nightmare Alley - The fine original demands rediscovery. The remake might be interesting
• How to Build a Girl -Beanie Feldstein's star vehicle reviewed
• Over & Overs: Anatomy of a Murder - this courtroom drama so rewatchable?
• The New Classics: Two Days One Night -sublimely truthful Marion Cotillard
• Hot Emmy Contest -Lead Actress in a TV Miniseries? Super competitive!
• Loretta vs Roz - Two friends vied for Best Actress 1947
• 5 Things I Learned from Bob Mackie - Costume Designer Daniel Orlandi shares career advice for young movie professionals
• Introducing Kathleen Turner -On one of the all time great film debuts
Most Discussed
• Smackdown 1947 - Gentleman's Agreement vs Crossfire. Celeste vs. Gloria
• Smackdown 1981 Maureen Stapleton (Reds) has unexpected competition!
• Did Hepburn deserve four Oscars? And if so for which films?
• Who Will be Next to the Triple Crown - Eddie? Hugh? Laurie? Denzel?
• Ryan Murphy's Hollywood Unintentionally our three part / three author rundown divvied up neatly into Mixed / Con / Pro in that order.
COMING IN JUNE
New films Shirley and King of Staten Island, The 2002 Supporting Actress Smackdown (Chicago, The Hours) revisit, Paul Thomas Anderson's 50th Birthday, the quarter century anniversary of Todd Haynes's [safe], and maybe a little Ray Harryhausen for his centennial. Any other requests?
Reader Comments (12)
Now that Telluride has been confirmed maybe a little guesswork on what the rest of the 2020 awards season might entail - and possibly including the completion of the April Foolish predictions?
More Joan please and also when will you finish the Pfeifferthon you started.
Central Park on APPLE TV PLUS is great ! You should do a post!
2x Oscar nominee Mary J. Blige’s first starring film role “Body Cam” hits streaming (rental) this month. It did get released for purchase already, so any possibility of a review?
YES to more Joan! Unless it's just a slapdash thing, she's a complicated character but a movie star with a respectable body of interesting work and eras. Oh and of course Seasons of Bette, but it seems like that season may be upon us again at last!!!
Who Will be Next to the Triple Crown - Eddie? Hugh? Laurie? Denzel?
It took me a moment to remember that you meant Hugh Jackman and Laurie Metcalf because I spent that moment thinking about poor Hugh Laurie, who has none of these awards. Pretty sneaky, sis.
Brevity -- LOL. unintentional sneakiness. ;)
Bette Miller is premiering the new season of The Politician on Netflix in June. I would enjoy a recap of her 1979 triumph in The Rose.
Request - Your Top 10 (or 100??) of 2010-2019!!
I think we all hope in June that all things just keep getting Bette-r. ;)
I would love to see your April Foolish predictions in the acting categories! I cherish your super-early predictions every year.
What about the Oscar predictions for acting?