The Witness (A tanú)
Czeslaw Milosz, the Polish poet and Cold War dissident, explored the writer’s dilemma under Stalinism in The Captive Mind. In …
Category Archives: Comedy
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Gosh, is there any role Alec Guinness couldn’t play? From the highly-principled (but tragically misguided) Colonel Nicholson in “Bridge on …
Bedazzled
Most of the guys I knew in college thought this was the funniest movie ever. It was definitely a guy …
Palm Beach Story
You have to pay attention to this one. The opening, for example: why is Claudette Colbert tied up in the …
The Lady Eve
Half-brilliant (the first half). Half-baked (the second half). You put up with the second half because the first half is …
The Gold Rush
First of all you’ve got to realize that by the time “The Gold Rush” appeared, in 1925, Charlie Chaplin had …
Ninotchka
French champagne. One sip and you’ll become a convert to capitalism. Trust me, it works. There’s Greta Garbo’s humorless Soviet …
Bringing Up Baby
This one’s for Olyvia Eve Garrison, born January 2, 2012 Cary Grant is having the worst day of his life. …
My Man Godfrey
This film is a time capsule of sorts, a journey back to the first Depression. Set in New York, “My …
The Philadelphia Story
Kate is in fine form in this picture. Of course, she got everything she wanted: George Cukor for her director, …
