People who think that ECM is only good for New-Agey, "soft" sounds and such clearly don't know from Roscoe Mitchell (whose new jam on the label, in which he fronts…
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The ineffable Mr. Cook, Jr., does not spend a whole lot of his brief screen time in this exceptionally engaging RKO B-picture looking so chipper. Rather, up until precisely this…
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Call me a slob if you will, but I just gotta say that regardless of her subsequent accomplishments and stuff, Jane Fonda was just a heck of a lot more…
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The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, 1965 Some know-somethingish drip over at Slant tried to take a contrarian or counter-intuitive or whatever the hell they call it "take" on the…
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Charlie Chaplin and Eric Campbell in The Rink, Chaplin, 1916 A bunch of years ago Premiere did a "Ten Best Sex Scenes In Cinema" feature, and for some insane reason…
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"I think he just made up my part because he wanted to work together. I loved it. He gave me wing scars and let me sing 'Rock-a-bye Baby' to Bud.…
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