My friend Gary Lucas, besides being one of our greatest living guitarists, is a well-lived man with a wide range of interests, and when he resided in Taipei in the…
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This evening at 6:30 p.m. I'll present Fritz Lang's amazing 1933 film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse as the inaugural feature of an eight-week series I'm hosting at the Grand…
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Starting tomorrow evening, at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, I'll be hosting a six-week series of screenings called "Original Gangsters" with which I attempt to encapsulate the…
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In England, the Beatles make their debut television appearance, on the Sid-Bernstein-founded Granada TV, a northwest-servicing commercial television franchise. They perform the songs "Some Other Guy" and "Love Me…
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Joan Bennett and moppets, Wild Girl, image courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art I experienced a really lovely privilege yesterday: to attend the screening of a rare, restored Raoul…
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If you're of the opinion that they don't make 'em like they used to, you are absolutely correct. If you're peeved that it's more and more difficult to see the…
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