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Sheila O'Malley

TCM Diary: Love Me or Leave Me

By Sheila O'Malley
February 19, 2018
It felt like a kiss: on Doris Day and James Cagney’s under-seen film about abusive showbiz romance

Love, After a Fashion

By Sheila O'Malley
January 3, 2018
With elegant force, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread curls round an ineffable, unstable romantic attention without which life is unlivable

Review: Lady Bird

By Sheila O'Malley
November 13, 2017
(Greta Gerwig, USA, A24, Opening November 3)

TCM Diary: Elvis, Actor

By Sheila O'Malley
August 14, 2017
The wonder of you: the king of rock ‘n’ roll knew that his talent lay in being himself, shining even in formulaic vehicles

Short Take: The Wedding Plan

By Sheila O'Malley
May 3, 2017
(Rama 
Burshtein, Israel, Roadside Attractions, Opens May 12)

TCM Diary: Kim Stanley

By Sheila O'Malley
April 3, 2017
Burning bright: the Method legend blow-torched her place in acting history through just a handful of performances

TCM Diary: Faulkner’s Tomorrow

By Sheila O'Malley
January 5, 2017
Salt of the earth: Robert Duvall gives his favorite performance in a plainspoken 1972 adaptation by Horton Foote

TCM Diary: The Night Digger & Alice, Sweet Alice

By Sheila O'Malley
December 16, 2016
At a tender age: two very different 1970s films show females on the verge of a nervous breakdown

TCM Diary: Miriam Hopkins!

By Sheila O'Malley
October 3, 2016
Class act: equally adept at comedy and drama, the '30s star never failed to reach the back of the house