Some rate Orson Welles' 1965 Shakespeare compression/adaptation Chimes At Midnight as a) the greatest Shakespeare film ever, or at least close, and/or b) one of Welles' greatest cinematic achievements period.…
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Fifty years after it was first screened, then banned, then largely and idiotically dismissed, the audacity of Shirley Clarke's 1962 film The Connection still packs a staggering wallop. The movie,…
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Just kidding. But then again, mark my words: when the new 35mm print of Jacques Rivette's 1974 Celine and Julie Go Boating hits Film Forum beginning May 4, some "relevance"…
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Premiere magazine had a lot of editorial capital invested in Titanic. During its production the publication treated it to more than one story, including a very long on-set feature by…
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Because the Some Came Running readership demands it. Or requests it, or something. (And while I try to be accomodating, no I don't think Typepad is gonna let me allow…
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Glenn Kenny: In his autobiography, Elia Kazan: A Life, the great director concludes the section chronicling the making of Sea of Grass thusly: “It’s the only picture I’ve made that…
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