With him, everything had to "turn out"; you first had to spot, surprise, catch him at it all, to see his cards, as it were—and then he would blush, while…
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This has been rather a big week for your humble servant in the print-only realm. First, there was that citation in The New Yorker I mentioned below (My Lovely Wife…
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So, folks, let this man tell you about his direct experience of Tony Scott's Unstoppable: not really unpleasant at all, as it happens. No, really. More in my review of…
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Without whom, no... Le notti di Cabiria, directed by Federico Fellini, 1957 (pictured: Giuletta Masina)... Danger: Diabolik, directed by Mario Bava, 1968 (pictured: John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell)... The Serpent's…
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Irene Rich, Anna Lee, and Shirley Temple in Fort Apache, directed by John Ford, 1948. Sometimes exposure to the stupid and hateful can guide one to the great and true.…
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For Chris Wells. Many were the times during my childhood and adolescence when, due to my consumption and enjoyment of certain particular pieces of popular or, I should more accurately…
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