La nuit americaine, Francois Truffaut, 1973Inspired by a citation in a Kent Jones essay in the booklet for Zeitgeist's excellent new edition of Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep, I watched both…
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Sally Eilers in Bad Girl, Frank Borzage, 1930, from the "Murnau, Borzage and Fox" box setFox's staggering John Ford box last year was a euphoric shock for cinephiles who were…
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What a long, strange trip it's been... I ruminate on a cinematic relationship I wouldn't have predicted would last, necessarily, over at The Auteur's Notebook. UPDATE: Link fixed.
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Lester Young, the real first black President (pace Toni Morrison), in Jammin' The Blues, Gjon Mili, 1944.Hope you all had as pleasant an election night as we did. (I expect…
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Movie stars pay good money for the services of publicists, so I don't understand why they don't avail themselves of said services more frequently. For instance, I'd wager that almost…
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I haven't remarked on the amazing powers of the iTunes shuffle facility for over two years but this one is a zinger. From Eminem's angry attack on the Iraq War,…
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