Forbes on Film & Footlights

By Harry Forbes This hagiographic biography of record mogul Berry Gordy, founder of the titular hit-making label, may not be the stuff of...

By Harry Forbes First, to state the obvious: Clifford Odets’ mid-period play, “The Big Knife,” best known today as a TCM staple in its 19...

By Harry Forbes There have been numberless stage versions of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 1957 television version of “Cinderella,” origina...

By Harry Forbes This musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1988 book not only swept the theatrical awards in London, but opened to ecstatica...

By Harry Forbes The 2005 British film upon which this very winning musical is based concerns a venerable English shoe factory fallen on h...

By Harry Forbes Jesse Eisenberg’s oddball play is, sorry to say, far from great. There’s more than the germ of a good idea here, and the ...

By Harry Forbes No, this is not the case of yet another Hollywood actor making a futile stab at Broadway stardom; Tom Hanks is the real d...