Columns & EssaysPolitics & Current AffairsKeeping It SimpleIt's not that complicated... Steyn's Song of the WeekI Get A Kick Out Of YouMark on a Cole Porter classic... Mark at the MoviesLive Around the Planet: Wednesday May 28thGuest host Melissa Howes fields questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the planet... Shaidle at the CinemaPather PanchaliUpon the centenary of Satyajit Ray, we present our late friend Kathy Shaidle's take on his 1955 classic Pather Panchali... Steyn on CultureA Baroness on BarrennessMark remembers P D James, and a remarkably prescient novel The War on Free SpeechA Very Low Bar...How low can the DC Bar go? Ave atque valeAvalon with Carol Welsman and Russell MaloneMark remembers a dear friend of the Steyn Show musical family, the guitarist Russell Malone... The Bachman BeatTal Bachman: Cancelled by Popular Demand: My Final Rugby InstallmentTal Bachman wraps up his epic series... Laura's LinksIce Cream, You ScreamLaura Rosen Cohen rounds up the Internet... Rick's FlicksDirty Movie: Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford in Mommie DearestFaye Dunaway is famously unwilling to talk about playing Joan Crawford in the notorious 1981 biopic Mommie Dearest, a film that she claims damaged her reputation by grafting her portrayal of Crawford to her own cinematic persona and professional reputation. Which is shame since it is possibly her greatest performance – it's definitely her most audacious – and dominates clip reels of her career whenever she's in the news. Whatever Dunaway thinks about it, her Joan Crawford will take top billing in any video career summary in some future obituary. Defenders of Joan Crawford insist that Dunaway's indelible performance – as much if not more than the tell-all memoir written by her daughter, on which the film is based – damaged Crawford's ... ![]() |
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