Saturday, April 26, 2025

SECRET HONOR

What happens when an insecure, paranoid, and disgraced former U.S. President has time alone to contemplate his legacy?  Robert Altman’s Secret Honor (1984) shows us one possibility.  This film is a compelling, thought-provoking one-man performance that is mesmerizing, disturbingly unsettling, and, given the current status of democracy in the United States, extremely prescient.  In a way, I imagine this movie could be more compelling today than it was when it was released.


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Sunday, April 6, 2025

IMAGES

Susanna York’s performance in Images earned her the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival.  It was a well-deserved honor.




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