...and because my best-of-the-decade list of 70 slighted (inevitably, I insist) at least two dozen other worthy works, if not more, I hereby consider my readers' suggestions, and my own…
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Or, to be more accurate, Heaven's town hall/courthouse and Hell's outer office. From Powell and Pressburger's 1946 A Matter Of Life And Death and Ernst Lubitsch's 1943 Heaven Can Wait,…
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Were we just talking about the fact that every film critic has a blind spot or ten? Yes, in the context of my 70-best-of-the-decade list, which still awaits it promised…
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I know, I know; it appears that SCR is devolving—some would call it evolving, actually—into a kind of tony cheesecake site, but I assure you, it's all just a coincidence…
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The lovely folks at The Auteurs' Notebook are hosting a wonderful series of pieces commemorating the publication of the splendid volume of Manny Farber's film writings, Farber on Film. Regular…
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"This is very setup," says Weixler, comparing the style of The Lie to her work on Swanberg's recent Alexander the Last while sharing a cigarette with Leonard. "It's not so…
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