This film has been called on the carpet for some minor inaccuracies, but given that it was based Lorna Luft’s biography of her mother, which was in turn based on Garland’s own stories about her life to her daughter, most of the bits of apocrypha are … [Continue reading]
Topsy-Turvy
This is really a delightful movie. It tells the story of the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most acclaimed masterpiece, The Mikado (if you’re wondering why I didn’t say their best, it’s because, while I love The Mikado, I still maintain that … [Continue reading]
Fantasia 2000
This is perhaps the most underrated work in the Disney Animated Canon, mainly because people resent it for being a ‘sequel’ to the original Fantasia, and for not living up to that illustrious film. Firstly, it is not a ‘sequel’, at least not in the … [Continue reading]
High Fidelity
It’s often remarked that this is one of the few romantic comedies that is primarily targeted at men rather than women, but its exploration is far deeper and more ambitious than what we normally associate with the term ‘romantic comedy’. It’s a … [Continue reading]
Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim
Here, Barbara Cook, despite having never previously appeared in any Sondheim production but the concert version of Follies, shows her massive affinity and admiration for the man by offering one of the greatest showcases his work has ever … [Continue reading]
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