Staircase

Finally caught this curio the other night on TCM. What a dreadful, depressing mess. I know it was a play, but what were the producers thinking? That anyone would flock to this depressing, repetitive bitchfest? Worth seeing only for the... Full review

The two leads supposedly hated playing their roles, and it shows. Burton isn't bad, but Harrison is just awful. Toward the end when he does his "not alone, not alone" speech, it's just hollow words. But we have to remember... Full review

Plenty of jaws dropped in 1969 when two of the cinema's most notorious swordsmen took the roles of two long-term homosexual lovers in this adaptation of a British play. Egged on by their then-remarkable salaries of $1 million apiece, they... Full review

This movie should have been entitled "Hateful, Self-Loathing, Bitter, Ugly, Hopeless Staircase." Make no mistake about it - this movie sends a clear message to audiences that homosexuals live miserable lives. It's 1 hour and 49 minutes of mincing, bickering,... Full review

I had never seen this movie before and so I tuned in late last night on Turner Classic Movies channel to watch it. TCM is doing this gay/lesbian influence in Hollywood film festival all this month on Mon and Wed... Full review

Playful, occasionally moving, often terribly funny comedy about a gay hair-stylist and his lover/business partner living in London, an aging couple going on 30 years together, who each jab at the other's ego like two bitchy woodpeckers--but who consistently lean... Full review

The film came out in 1969 and was based on a popular play by Charles Dyer. The Great Stanley Donen got a hold of it and decided to bring it to the big screen with two BIG stars! The only... Full review

I happened on to this film on TV years ago after it had been on for a few mins. so I did not get the title. I was transfixed! I searched for a long time and thanx to my pc,... Full review

If you can get past your initial shock of seeing two of the theater's most notorious womanizers as a gay couple, you'll be rewarded with a surprisingly tender love story. Directed by Stanley Donen at the height of his powers... Full review

I don't know what movie the other reviewers were watching, or why they are so bitter. I agree completely with the contemporaneous reviews, which praised the movie highly. Two fine actors spend the entire movie, out of their normal characters,... Full review

So the scene is simply cruel without dramatic purpose. But these scenes are the most distasteful of all. ... Full Review