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.
Rust, Bones and the Wind: A Delicate Balance with Hepburn and Scofield (for Parterre Box)
The exceptionally fine acting in this film survives the test of time better than Albee’s play.
Martius, Martius, Martius: Coriolanus from Donmar Warehouse via NT Live (for Parterre Box)
This sensational production streams for one week only on YouTube.
Get Off at Elysian Fields: Brando & Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (for Parterre Box)
Nearly 70 years after its debut, A Streetcar Named Desire remains the greatest stage-to-screen adaptation of all time.
Don’t Turn the Light On!: Jessica Lange in A Streetcar Named Desire (for Parterre Box)
More on the Williams’ classic, this time a 1995 TV adaptation, derived from a Broadway revival.
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