Grey Gardens (1975)

Review: Grey Gardens (1975)

Director: Muffie Meyer

Cast: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers, Norman Vincent Peale, Jack Helmuth,

Edith Bouvier Beale
Edith Bouvier Beale
Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale
Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale
Brooks Hyers
Brooks Hyers
Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale
Jack Helmuth
Jack Helmuth

Plot: Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.

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Listmania redux: The Greatest Documentaries of All Time, part two

Listmania redux: The Greatest Documentaries of All Time, part two

Although the idea of creating lists of the “best” is always problematic, the attempt often provides the impetus to think about and reevaluate our own likes, dislikes and judgements. The recent Sight & Sound list of “the […]

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