Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor in Beginners.(Focus Features photo)By John ThomasonThere’s nothing funny about an old man, struck with terminal cancer, who only finds the courage to admit that he’s gay after the death of his wife of 44 years.No, this is not material rife with comic potential, but sometimes laughter is the only way to cope. In his nuanced … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Feb. 19-21
Anne-Marie Duff, Helen Mirrenand Paul Giamatti in The Last Station. Film: Fans of great acting have a new must-see movie opening this weekend in The Last Station, a diary-based fictional account of the final days of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. He is played with crafty charm by Christopher Plummer, but the film really revolves around his wife Sofya (Helen Mirren, giving the … [Read more...]
Book review: Plummer’s ‘In Spite of Myself’ a delightful read
Christopher Plummer.By Hap ErsteinTwelve years ago, as he was working his way towards Broadway with a biographical play called Barrymore that would win him his second Tony Award, I interviewed Christopher Plummer at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manalapan.And while I knew I was treading on dangerous ground, I felt a journalistic obligation to bring up The Sound of Music, knowing it … [Read more...]