Boom! Articles

Joseph Losey's BOOM! Review Pt. I That evening, the Witch is seen roaming around at night howling "Sissy! Sissy!" He ends up in Chris' bedroom, pleading that Chris go home with him to Capri. The Witch then collapses on the bed. At that point, it's Chris' turn to wander around. He ends up in Miss Black's bedroom. When he leaves, he is confronted by a [...]

Boom! (1968) Direction: Joseph Losey Screenplay: Tennessee Williams; from his play The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noel Coward, Joanna Shimkus, Michael Dunn, Romolo Valli Elizabeth Taylor, Boom! If you've never seen Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's 1968 vanity production Boom!, don't feel singled out. Boom! bombed at the box office almost as soon as it blasted on the [...]

Noel Coward with Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Boom! (top); with Marlene Dietrich, 1937 (bottom) Noel Coward — playwright, composer, director, actor, (purported) spy, nationalist, propagandist, semi-closeted gay guy — is the subject of an exhibition currently being held at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, “Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward,” which runs until Sunday, April 18, in the Academy’s [...]