From Rosemary's Baby, 1968There was a period in my moviegoing, late '70s and early '80s, where my pals and I would automatically go and see a picture based on who…
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Yes, somebody did mention the fascinating Road to Salina, in the prior thread, and it reminded me that I recently succumbed and did something I rarely do, which is acquire…
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Today at The Daily Notebook we consider one of the minor Venturas, George Lautner's 1963 Les Tontons Flingueurs, a breezy crime comedy that was a pretty big hit in its…
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It was pretty widely known that Dennis Hopper had been terminally ill for some time; and for all that, I don't doubt there are those who are prone to speculate…
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Boy, today's New York Times Magazine is quite the feast of putative conundrums. First and foremost there's the cover story on musician M.I.A., who's so thoroughly full of it that…
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Budding anarchist Sterling Holloway with Ulrike Meinhof precursors Rochelle Hudson and Dorothy Coonan in WIld Boys of the Road.Because I could not stop for death...no, actually, because I could not…
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