Tag Archives: screwball comedy

October 2021 Viewing Diary

Posted on November 1, 2021 by sheila

I really didn’t watch all that much, numerically, during October, for various reasons. 1. I was on the move. I think I spent, all told, about 7 days at home over the course of the month. Including one unexpected stay … Continue reading →

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September 2021 Viewing Diary

Posted on October 3, 2021 by sheila

Busy month. I found an apartment. I moved. AGAIN. Second time this year. Plus, a family wedding. Plus a new job. It’s been a full year of upheaval, no stability, nothing regular, my stuff scattered in storage units. I’m doing … Continue reading →

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Now on Criterion: Bringing Up Baby

Posted on July 8, 2021 by sheila

The Criterion Collection just released Howard Hawks’ 1938 screwball classic Bringing Up Baby, in a new 4k restoration. The special features are EXTENSIVE, including a video-essay on Cary Grant by Scott Eyman (author of the new biography of Grant), as … Continue reading →

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Watch What You Want. Find Comfort Where You Can.

Posted on April 1, 2020 by sheila

I originally posted this on Facebook. It is not directed (as far as I know) to anyone who reads me here. But I still think it’s important to share, as a general commentary on the VIBE I have noticed post … Continue reading →

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January 2020 Viewing Diary

Posted on February 4, 2020 by sheila

Hell Is for Heroes (1962; d. Don Siegel) A spare lean and mean war movie – pretty standard, actually – except Steve McQueen is actually presenting a character study here, a character he probably knows something about. He is eerie … Continue reading →

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For Film Comment: Romantic/sexual chemistry in Love Crazy and The More the Merrier

Posted on July 3, 2019 by sheila

This was really fun, paying tribute to the insanely hot chemistry between Myrna Loy and William Powell (in everything, but for this essay I wrote about Love Crazy) and – my favorite – Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea in one … Continue reading →

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June 2019 Viewing Diary

Posted on July 2, 2019 by sheila

Once again: if you’re not a Supernatural fan, this might be a tough read. I’m so busy with work, this is how I unwind. Supernatural, Season 14, episode 4 “Mint Condition” (2018; d. Amyn Kaderali) I loved this episode. Perfectly … Continue reading →

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“14 watercolors ….” Howard Hawks’ Ball of Fire at the Film Forum

Posted on December 24, 2015 by sheila

Not as well-known as some other Howard Hawks films (or Billy Wilder scripts, for that matter), Ball of Fire, starring Gary Cooper as the nerdy linguistics professor (only in Hollywood ) and Barbara Stanwyck as the wise-cracking two-bit showgirl Sugarpuss … Continue reading →

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“Walter, you’re wonderful, in a loathsome sort of way.”

Posted on August 15, 2013 by sheila

Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in “His Girl Friday” Bright Wall/Dark Room is a new monthly movie magazine created by the team at Bright Wall/Dark Room. The latest issue has journalism as its theme, and they asked me to write … Continue reading →

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Seen Recently: A Free Soul (1931), Whirlpool (1949), The Women (1939)

Posted on July 31, 2013 by sheila

A Free Soul directed by Clarence Brown A daring (to say the least) pre-Code film, starring Norma Shearer (very good, for the most part, here), a ferocious and sexy Clark Gable, a sympathetic and noble Leslie Howard, and a masterful … Continue reading →

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