Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.
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The Band Wagon
Many astute people consider this witty backstage tale the greatest of all Minnelli’s great musicals. Sublime performances, great musical numbers, and an inspired Betty Comden and Adolph Green script are the glue that holds together Minnelli’s most masterful fusion of form, content, and froth.