Celebrating the Living: Cloris Leachman
I would love to be an old lady like Cloris Leachman. She’s still going. She’s…
Attention Must Be Paid: Brock Peters
Some years ago, I was hanging out at a friend’s house. He wasn’t home, nor…
Celebrating the Living: Jonathan Pryce
I’ll be honest—I was waiting to get to him until after The Man Who Killed…
Attention Must Be Paid: Lena Horne
Once again, I am left to wish that Henry Louis Gates covered people who are…
Celebrating the Living: Imelda Staunton
I really wanted to say that I think of her first from Twelfth Night. After…
Attention Must Be Paid: Eyvind Earle
Eyvind Earle, despite having a voice that sounds vaguely Scandinavian, turns out to be from…
Celebrating the Living: Harvey Fierstein
The closet door was, I think, a one-way mirror. Those inside could see out; those…
Attention Must Be Paid: Dorothy Lamour
Honestly, I never remember it’s her in Donovan’s Reef, which I’ve seen more recently and…
Celebrating the Living: Anjelica Huston
Purely by coincidence, I have seen three Anjelica Huston movies in the last week. They…
Attention Must Be Paid: Will Eisner
Will Eisner did not invent the term “graphic novel.” Arguably, he didn’t even invent the…