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Clouzot The Early Works
A master of suspense admired even by Hitchcock, Henri-Georges Clouzot is famous for acid-tinged thrillers about cold-blooded murder and ugly politics, whether…
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Brewster McCloud
Robert Altman's first opportunity to cut loose with an entirely personal film is this scattershot comedy that satirizes the American scene, taking…
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The Best of The Three Stooges
Garden variety slapstick has always been fraught with physical peril but The Three Stooges took the concept to medieval levels, their persona…
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Music & Stories: Israel ’66
PERSPECTIVE. Writing and telling these stories has given me perspective and an appreciation of why my story unfolded the way it did.…
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Crazy Rich Asians
A surprise hit? This ultra-glamorous rom-com about life among the Singapore 1% would be a fantasy, if everything we see weren't real.…
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Georgy Girl
Lynn Redgrave burst to stardom with this fine study of romance vs. reality in swinging London circa 1966. Georgy thinks of herself…
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Matt Tynauer's frank, unrated documentary about the wild times of gay and straight hustler-procurer Scotty Bowers is built around his 2012 tell-all…
Fear of the Velvet Curtain
THE GREAT MOONSHINE FILM FESTIVAL
Every so often the stars align in such a way as to allow a perfectly inert and “nonproductive” weekend spent in the…
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Nothing Sacred
Whaddaya know, this new disc of the Carole Lombard / Fredric March comedy hit looks great, besting by far all previous videos…
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The Princess Bride
William Goldman and Rob Reiner's unchallenged modern classic captures the magic of fairy tales about noble lovers, loyal warriors and low-down villains.…
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Reckless Youth – Part 2
Chapter 7, Part 2 of Music & Stories, “Reckless Youth” Today we’ll delve more deeply into the three musketeers of my reckless…
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Gas, Food Lodging
Welcome to the West, long after the frontier has closed. Allison Anders' marvelous drama of a three-girl family is a big step…
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Sword of Sherwood Forest
The prime architect for the gothic horror revival of the 50’s, Hammer Studios began the next decade with a revival of the…
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Blondie The Complete 1957 Television Series
'Hey Blondie!' Dagwood, Blondie, Mr. Dithers and a victimized postman return for a stab at a TV revival of the 1940s series…
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The Last Movie
Dennis Hopper's legendary follow-up to Easy Rider ended his Hollywood directing career for at least fifteen years. Barely seen again after brief…
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Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
Tarzan got a new lease on life when a film company finally went to Africa to pit the excellent 'Lord of the…
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Reckless Youth
Chapter 7, Part 1 of Music & Stories, “Reckless Youth” In writing all these chapters beginning with Chapter 6, I was surprised…
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Mr. Capra Goes to War: Frank Capra’s World War II Documentaries
These wartime docu-propaganda films are fascinating, but critic Joseph McBride’s critical accompaniment is even better, nailing the meaning of five groundbreaking works…
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Andrei Rublev
Want to get serious about Russian cinema? Andrei Tarkovsky's 15th-century epic portrays the travails of an artist at odds with his world…
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Lisbon
Ray Milland produces, directs and stars in this odd, forgotten travelogue / adventure / romance /crime tale filmed in Portugal's beautiful capital.…
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Black Widow (1954)
Fox touted Black Widow as the first murder mystery in CinemaScope. Ace writer / tyro director Nunnally Johnson tries an 'All About…
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My Least Favorite Year
Chapter 6 of “Music & Stories” is “My Least Favorite Year.” From Spring of 1965 to Spring 1966, I was in free…
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The Halloween Film Power Rankings
John Carpenter’s immortal 1978 Halloween was never built to have one sequel, let alone eight (plus two movies in a remake series). Though it…
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The Halloween Timeline Power Rankings
Happy Halloween, Trailers From Hell miscreants! The latest Halloween film premiered stateside on October 19th to stellar reviews and brisk business, proving…
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Fright Night
Why does Fright Night, the 1985 vampire teen horror-comedy curio, endure as a great movie long past its expected sell-by date? Because…