Janet Maslin, writing for The New York Times, called it "a tiny, improbably charming" film "directed with lovely precision".
So forget those giant fake ears he wore as Billy Martin in the recent baseball mini-series "The Bronx Is Burning," and remember that he wrote and directed the daring, lovely, lip-synching movie musical "Romance and Cigarettes".
In the meantime, anyone whose mournful lust for McLarenalia is not yet fully sated is directed towards the lovely picture and intriguing interview snippet on obit-overlord Savage's website.
RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY "De-Lovely," directed by Irwin Winkler.
Katie Martin Kelley, a spokeswoman for Paramount, said the studio's backing this year for "The Lovely Bones," directed by Peter Jackson, and "Up in the Air," from Jason Reitman, was a sign that it is still willing to back a contender.
Since becoming obsessed with Gandhi, he has directed O What a Lovely War, Young Winston and A Bridge Too Far, three ambivalent epics with all-star casts that brought the British establishment sharply into question.
"Continuing conversations in your head that ended months or even years ago?" And, the setup for the entire piece: "Do you hate happy music?" The three men, who are directed by Rachel Chavkin (the lovely set is by Andreea Mincic), slickly hide some substance amid the humor.
Now The Trip to Bountiful is revived at the Stephen Sondheim (on the site of the demolished -- save the façade -- Henry Miller's) in a thoroughly lovely production, directed by Michael Wilson with all the sensitivity the play requires.
The 18th-century-style costumes by Deborah Wright Houston, who directed, and Lucie Chin are lovely, designed with elegant silhouettes in rich fabrics.
In the 60-odd years since his demobilisation he's appeared in numerous war movies, most famously perhaps in The Great Escape, and beginning with Oh! What a Lovely War has directed a succession of pictures with wartime settings.
