WORDSLINGER'S NOTE: Yet another case of these categories being limiting. In many respects, Charlie Chaplin is not only an auteur, he was The Original Auteur. However, I am not going to file this post under The Auteurs, simply because this is indeed one of The Best Damn Movies EVER.I've always loved Charlie Chaplin -- although of late, I've been quite lax in my appreciation. Over the weekend, however, I re-watched Richard Attenborough's 1992 bio-pic Chaplin. The film has a number of flaws -- n...
Read More