When Barbra Streisand met Louis and Chaplin by Armond White for CityArts

By Armond White Funny that the Film Society of Lincoln Center paid tribute to Barbra Streisand on April 22 with its 40-year-old Chaplin Award even though Streisand’s movies are not the kind typically shown in Film Society programming. As a fundraiser, it was unparalleled. Co-chair of the event, Ann Tenenbaum …

DVD review: Midcentury Minnelli on marriage, masculinity, madness and movies

A prep school student is mercilessly bullied by classmates who suspect he’s gay — to the point where he tries to commit suicide. Sounds like the kind of horror story that’s all too common in the cyber age, but in fact we’re talking about Vincent Minnelli’s 1956 film version of …

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