Anand Tucker

Sep 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Anand Tucker

Ring Down the Curtain By 95 mins Theatre critics, like cowboys, seem to fascinate filmmakers. All About Eve (1950) is remembered almost as much for George Sanders’s portrayal of an aphoristic Broadway Machiavel, Addison DeWitt, as for Bette Davis’s performance as a falling star. David Niven appeared as an academic turned drama critic in a rather tame comedy, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960), chiefly memorable for prompting John Gielgud to dub Tennessee Williams’s notoriously cannibalistic...

Aug 26, 2024 | itsjustmovies.com | William Sterr |Anand Tucker |Gemma Arterton |Ian McKellen

— by WILLIAM STERR —Sir Ian McKellen has become a legend on the silver screen, in theater, and on television. Among his films are “Richard III,” “Gods and Monsters” and the “Lord of the Rings” series. On television, he starred in the delicious “Vicious.” And on stage, he has appeared in many plays, including “Waiting for Godot.” Sir Ian never fails to deliver a riveting performance.