Indeed, Zorba makes a wonderfully charismatic instructor to the callow writer who has come to Greece to find himself. Here, Anthony Quinn does the honors and shows Alan Bates how it’s done, in “Zorba the Greek” (1964, dir Michael Cocoyannis).
Archive for May, 2008
Oh No She Di’n't
May 9, 2008
And I don’t know to whom I’m referring. Rock Hudson and Mae West light up the legendary 1957 Academy Awards. Here the two, um. . . friends spark to “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Fantastic!
La Grande Lucia
May 2, 2008
It will be difficult (er, “dwefful diffy”) to convey how brilliant this adaptation of Benson’s novel is, but I urge you to see the serialization of “Mapp & Lucia” as soon as possible.
