Do You Ever Dream of Vienna?— Cameron and David Discuss Johnny Guitar (for Parterre Box)
The delightfully subversive Western features one of Joan Crawford’s most iconic performances.
Two Sisters: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Revisited (for Parterre Box)
As Blanche Hudson might have said, “It’s still a pretty good picture”… and then some!
Going South: Looking at Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (for Parterre Box)
Another installment in our series on Bette Davis brings us to the second thriller in the famous Robert Aldrich diptych.
On the Wings of Eagels: More Versions of Maugham’s The Letter on Film (for Parterre Box)
Jeanne Eagels and Siobhan McKenna show that there are many ways to write The Letter.
Even Her Agony Was a Kind of Joy: Looking at The Letter with Bette Davis (for Parterre Box)
Bette Davis dazzles in one of her early signature films.
Mediocrities Everywhere: Amadeus from NT Live (for Parterre Box)
Peter Shaffer’s play is seen here for what it’s always been: a piece of lowbrow camp masquerading as highbrow art.
Sisters are doing it for themselves: Little Women in 1933 and 2019 (for Parterre Box)
Katharine Hepburn’s particular iconoclastic style certainly suits Jo March.
Youth Comes to the Fore: Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory (for Parterre Box
In one of her earliest film performances, already: “The girls got something!”
A Necessary Luxury: Katharine Hepburn in Holiday and The Philadelphia Story (for Parterre Box)
David and Cameron discuss some of the greatest comedic performances ever filmed.
Whatevah Shall We Do with Mothah?: The Lion in Winter with Hepburn and O’Toole (for Parterre Box)
David and Cameron turn their attention to one of Katharine Hepburn’s most famous performances.
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