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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Above, Debbie Reynolds cracks a walnut with an Academy Award statuette in Susan Slept Here, Frank Tashlin, 1954, about which more later. 'Tis the season indeed, and as usual, I'm…
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It's a big weekend for not very good movies, including one featuring a character that I like to call "Jesus Kitty." "There are some people here who don't appreciate that…
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It may not surprise you to learn that there's too much "stuff" in the apartment My Lovely Wife and I share. Back when I was a bachelor I didn't much…
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"WHAT is an award?" asked Dave Thomas as Richard Harris in an SCTV sketch I'm fond of. (What SCTV sketch am I not fond of, I sometimes wonder.) In today's…
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I have some thoughts on the greatness of the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, whose work is getting highlighted in a welcome and innovative retrospective at Film Forum, for The Daily…
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