Film Festival: Art Deco Located in decadent pre-war Berlin, Grand Hotel is an art deco treasure, where music is always playing and the people are always beautiful. The film Grand Hotel won the Best Picture Oscar in 1932 and is still a winner today. “I just want to be alone.” — Greta Garbo as Lizibeta Grusinskaya Grand…
Lionel Barrymore
Annotated It’s a Wonderful Life: Lisa’s Home Bijou
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) is a favorite Christmas film for many people. Some folks don’t like it, because they don’t like Scrooge stories in general. It’s a Wonderful Life been shown on TV so many times it doesn’t really need a review. But the film had its 70th anniversary in 2016, so I think…