Caligula

"...Directed by: Tinto Brass. Starring: Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren, John Gielgud and Malcolm McDowell. Not reviewed at press time...."

Dec. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Leopard Son

"...close-up camerawork on the details of the kill. Sir John Gielgud narrates the frequently clunky prose with all the..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Arthur

The bubbles have gone out of Russell Brand's remake of the 30-year-old original.

"...and of course he’s about a foot taller, too. John Gielgud’s Oscar-winning role as the butler Hobson is here..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

New cut reveals Gore Vidal's original vision of debauchery, majesty, and brutality in Ancient Rome

"...Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Teresa Ann Savoy, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Guido Mannari and Giancarlo Badessi...."

Aug. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Arthur

Classic performances are delivered by all involved; Gielgud even won an Oscar in this old-timey dipsomaniacal comedy.

"...Directed by: Steve Gordon. Starring: John Gielgud, Liza Minnelli and Dudley Moore. Dudley Moore stars..."

July 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shining Through

"...Directed by: David Seltzer. Starring: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, John Gielgud, Liam Neeson and Joely Richardson. Set in the..."

Jan. 31, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Prospero's Books

This Greenaway film deconstructs Shakespeare's The Tempest with egotistical fervor – the play's not the thing, but Greenaway's vanity is.

"...Directed by: Peter Greenaway. Starring: John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson and Sabelle..."

Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Portrait of a Lady

Jane Campion brings her modern sensibilities to this story of Henry James’ 1870s heroine Isabel Archer, a young, sharp-minded, American woman abroad who inherits unexpected wealth and uses it to live as she likes, traveling and rejecting numerous suitors until she falls into an unwise marriage that nearly becomes her ruination.

"...Directed by: Jane Campion. Starring: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters,..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

Trio's Epic TV: The Top Ten Miniseries of All Time recalls a time before TiVo.

"...between the world wars. Stars Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, and Laurence Olivier. Airs Thursday, Nov...."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Scanlines

Shine

"...with Armin Mueller-Stahl, Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Lynn Redgrave, John Gielgud..."

July 11, 1997 Screens Feature

Looking for Richard

"...Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline, James Earl Jones, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, and Vanessa Redgrave, are likely to be recognized;..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fall Film Previews

September

"...Jesse Peretz; with Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert John Burke, Jeannetta Arnette...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Wrapped and Ready

"...D: John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton; with the voices of Dave..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...coming weeks. Among them are Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, John Irving's The Cider House Rules, Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes,..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Terry Gilliam; with Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Cameron..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...and Courtney Love in The People Vs. Larry Flynt, John Travolta in Michael, Nicole Kidman in The Portrait of..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...to be executed for a Klan-related murder; original author John Grisham has disassociated himself from this screen adaptation. (Oct...."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Christopher Isherwood

The Diaries

"...a sort of literary tardy slip: "Two years ago, John Fuller (whom I now thank) told me that during..."

April 4, 1997 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Power of One

"...Directed by: John G. Avildsen. Starring: Stephen Dorff, Armin Mueller-Stahl, John Gielgud,..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...instead as "possession." Okay, so the devil himself, Robert Johnson, handed him a broom, and Beefheart dusted with it,..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Scanlines

The Sexual Life of the Belgians

"...Peter McCarthy; with James LeGros, Ethan Hawke, Steve Buscemi, John Cusack. VHS Home Video Vulcan Video, 609 W. 29th..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Screens Feature

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...ill luck set in with its very first performance. John Aubrey, who supposedly knew some of the men who..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Greatest Train Movies Ever

Before "Snowpiercer" opens, a ticket for the best films on track

"...ever Palme D'Or at Cannes, it's naturally paired with John Ford's Stagecoach, released that same year, and is a..."

June 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Zoo Story'

A take on Albee's classic two-hander has the actors swap roles throughout the run

"...Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud did it with Romeo and Mercutio. John C...."

April 15, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Curse of the Play

"...ill luck set in with its very first performance. John Aubrey, who supposedly knew some of the men who..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gandhi

"...Richard Attenborough. Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Mills, Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Martin Sheen, Rohini Hattangady..."

July 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amazing Journey

Six from Britain's bad-boy directors

"...foreswore, such as copious nudity, animated sequences, and Sir John Gielgud as the sorcerer of dreams and nightmares, Greenaway..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Olivier's Shakespeare

Now that 'Deadwood' lies murdered in the mud, Shakespeare is the only solace.

"...the playwright's "first big hit" beckons like the devil. John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Claire Bloom all fall down,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Loved One

"...of eclectic players from Liberace to James Coburn to John Gielgud to Rod Steiger. The Loved One strained at..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Quest for Camelot

"...Pinchot, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Perry, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, John Gielgud, Jane Seymour, Celine Dion and Jaleel White. This..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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