As MarkVH implies in a comment below, the whole "rule of three" thing, while diverting and perhaps convenient, almost always dissolves under scrutiny. Gloria Stuart, Arthur Penn, Sally Menke, Tony Curtis…
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The director of The Miracle Worker, Mickey One, The Chase, Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man, Night Moves (from which the above image is taken), and Penn and Teller Get…
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Vincent Vega makes a point about maintaining loyalty... ...and Mia Wallace silently, dryly concurs, sort of. Except of course they are in completely different rooms; Vega (John Travolta) is in…
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This post is for the wonderful Kim Morgan, recently author of a splendid and aptly-remarked-upon piece about Bing Crosby's screen presence and voice, and who responded, "I wanna hear it…
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Whether you call its Fantastic Planet or by its original title La planete sauvage, Rene Laloux's 1973 film is both magnificently transportive and thought-provoking. A new Region-B-locked Blu-ray from Eureka!/Masters…
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