Beverly in Movieland

We’re all aware, at least if we watch American television, that right now talk-show hosts are something of an endangered species. Gone are t...

Frankly, I’m not quite sure why I decided to watch That Hamilton Woman , though I doubtless was curious about seeing Laurence Olivier playin...

No spring chicken myself, I understand the appeal of those films in which ageing women go to extraordinary lengths to retain their youthfu...

A word of warning: don’t watch Rian Johnson’s new mystery (now screening on Netflix) if you’re feeling the least bit groggy. I aired this fi...

Not exactly a festive start to the holiday season. First the horrific first-night-of-Hanukkah shootings on Bondi Beach in Sydney, and then t...

  I watched Wild at Heart in memory of the late Diane Ladd: it was one of three films for which she received a Supporting Actress Oscar nomi...

We’re fast approaching the time of year when the Library of Congress announces the new inductees for its National Film Registry, honoring mo...