Tag Archives: Arthur Laurents

Bonjour Tristesse (1958, 2025) review — Youth and age, beauty and regret

June 4, 2025 flawintheiris

(2025) Written and Directed by Durga Chew-Bose, who adapts the Françoise Sagan novel | 110 min | ▲▲▲1/2 | At Carbon Arc Cinema (1958) Directed by Otto Preminger | Written by Arthur Laurents, adapting the novel by Françoise Sagan | 94 min | ▲▲▲ | VOD Preparing for this new adaptation of the famed novel… Read More

West Side Story (2021) review — Spielberg refreshes classic musical

December 11, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Tony Kushner, from the stage play and book by Arthur Laurents | 156 min | Disney+ Why remake a beloved musical — even if you go back to the original stage show? It seems a wildly counter-intuitive move, doomed to fail because those who loved the original, which… Read More