GREY GARDENS (1975)
Dir. Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysels and Muffie Meyer
Alamo Drafthouse Rtiz, 11/24/09, 7:00pm
I returned to Grey Gardens as part of the Hey Homo! series. Although I never really considered this a “gay” film, I definitely allowed that audience to be part of my viewing perspective this time around. Unfortunately, drag queen-host Rebecca [...]
THE WOMEN (1939)
Dir. George Cukor
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 11/15/09, 1:15pm
Meow! This Norma Shearer/Joan Crawford/Rosalind Russell drama is a cat fight in celluloid. What a film, too! The fairly extensive cast is full of women from the MGM lot, including Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Mary Boland, and little Virginia Weidler, who charmed us all by singing “Lydia the Tattooed [...]
