I've bumped this delightful (if I may say so myself) piece up a bit from its original place. Because writing about movies really is more important.That corner of my sensibility…
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...a holiday that, despite whatever the meanies at Big Hollywood would have you believe, is frequently enjoyed by counter-culture/"progressive"/leftie types, as the above screen cap from Arthur Penn's 1969 Alice's Restaurant…
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Any of you out there ever read Miles Davis' autobiography, co-written with the incredibly patient and scrupulous poet Quincey Troupe? If you have, then you know that there's no greater…
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"It should have been a soufflé, but it turned out a pancake." So director Sidney Lumet described his 1968 film Bye Bye Braverman in his entertaining book Making Movies. Andrew…
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The Lincoln, Cheyenne, Wyoming, August 23, 2008 Which is, apropos of nothing, right around the corner from...
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