1) I didn't see 1974's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre until 1977 or '78, when I was a projectionist at my college student center and had to screen it. I say…
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In "The Ladies Man," 1961 In late 2008 or early 2009 I began writing for the MSN editorial website, specifically MSN Movies, and the first thing my editor asked me…
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I was saddened to hear this afternoon of Gregg Allman's passing. I interviewed him in 2011, for the MSN website. The current pod people who administrate said site have disappeared…
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Tadashi Okuno and Rin Takanishi (in mirror), Like Someone In Love, 2014, directed by Abbas Kiarostami Songs are a form of storytelling, so it stands to reason that most great…
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Sophie Marceau and Tchéky Karo, L'amour braque, 1985 When a great artist dies, among the (sincere) bromides offered in tribute is "He/she will be missed." With the Polish filmmaker Andrzej…
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Brett Smiley in London, circa 1974. Photograph by Gered Mankowitz. ©BOWSTIR Ltd. 2016/Mankowitz.com. Brett Smiley in Brooklyn, August 2013. At Brett Smiley's wake on the evening of January 13, a…
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