Paramount Network just wrapped up season one of American Woman starring Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari, and Jennifer Bartels. The dramedy series was inspired by actress Kyle Richards’ childhood. Set in the 1970s, this period piece focuses on the friendship and…
The Film Canon: American Beauty (1999)
It begins with the voice over of a dead man. If you recall, Billy Wilder’s black comic masterpiece Sunset Blvd. also begins with narration courtesy of a corpse. Like William Holden and Gloria Swanson in American Beauty‘s cinematic ancestor, the…