Tag Archives: ROBERT ALTMAN

Gaga For Van Gogh

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf He was the tortured artist in every sense: misunderstood, broke (he was supported by his brother), and afflicted with what was then diagnosed as non-convulsive epilepsy – invisible fits believed to occur in the brain. He was, … Continue reading →

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Downton Abbey: Our TV Drug of Choice

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf Okay, so we arrived a tad late to the party, the feast that is Downton Abbey, the series that won six Emmys last year and will probably clean up at the Globes this weekend. But we’re in … Continue reading →

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Elementary, My Dear Watson (Emily)

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf

By Victoria Looseleaf There is nothing elementary about the one and only Emily Watson, whose 1996 mercurial film debut in Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves (for which she was Oscar-nominated) torpedoed her into the upper ranks of Hollywood (meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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