Monkey Business isn’t quite screwy enough to be a screwball comedy. But Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe make it oddball enough.
Month: July 2017
Paying it back
Bowie’s “good at stealing,” says a former bandmate. But he always repaid it handsomely.
Film moment #16: Grease (1978)
I stumbled across Grease on TV. I didn’t realise how much I hated it and its endless parade of US high school film cliches.
Bernie Gunther, post-war
One From The Other is set in the ambiguous demi-monde of Germany’s post-war reconstruction. Beautifully plotted and well written.
Film moment #15: Show Boat (1951)
Race washes lightly through the 1951 second remake of the musical Show Boat without ever touching the sides.