The Mcguffin is an irrelevant object (nothing at all), around which the action is structured Certain function of certain object McGuffin signifies only that it signifies They signify the signification as such, but the actual content is insignificant. 39 Steps: plans for airplane machine (we never see the airoplane) Foreign Correspondent: secret clause in a […]

Research in progress: June 3, 2021. In one of my two personal meetings with Elizabeth Taylor (at AmFar during the 1996 Cannes Film Fest) she said, upon hearing I was gay: “Without homosexuals there would be no Hollywood, no theater, no opera, no dance, no arts. Period.” Books: Davies, Steven Paul. Out at the Movies: […]

The story follows New York City stage stars Dee Dee Allen (Streep) and Barry Glickman (Corden) who’ve just suffered a costly Broadway flop when they learn of an Indiana high-school student who’s been banned from attending the prom with her girlfriend (Ariana DeBose).

Yossi (2012) A sequel to Eytan Fox’s cult movie, Yossi and Jagger, Yossi follows the title character’s life his encounter with Jagger ten years earlier. Yossi is a 34-year-old cardiologist trying to cope with his traumatic past and his present. The film was released in 2012 and is Fox’s fifth feature film.       […]