Tag Archives: Elizabeth Taylor

Boom [1968]

4/10 | 7.Oct.12 Boom DIRECTOR: Joseph Losey | WRITER: Tennessee Williams | CAST: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noël Coward, Joanna Shimkus, Michael Dunn | UK It’s not enough that Boom* is a legendarily disastrous multi-million dollar box office flop that was based on an equally legendary Tennessee Williams flop, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here […]

BUtterfield 8 [1960]

28Dec11 – 7 – BUtterfield 8 (Daniel Mann: 1960) Not as tawdry as I’d remembered and the scenes of high camp more restrained, although they’re still loads of fun. The opening scene is a deserved classic, Gloria “at work” is divine (that black dress with those pearls!), the high speed chase and climax are thrilling […]