Photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1937, public domain May 22, 1907 - Laurence Olivier: What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying? In early 1990, I had a role in a film with the fabulous English actor Joan Plowright. We had lunch together, just … [Read more...]
Must-See Trailer: “Tea with the Dames” – A Doc About Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, and Others Having Tea and Spilling the T During a Weekend in the Country
If this one-sentence description of the film doesn't have you flopping on the floor and gasping for air, you are NO FRIEND OF MINE, sir. Roger Michell’s new documentary, Tea with the Dames, follows Dame Maggie Smith as she spends a weekend in the countryside drinking, gossiping, … [Read more...]