Lester Young, the real first black President (pace Toni Morrison), in Jammin' The Blues, Gjon Mili, 1944.Hope you all had as pleasant an election night as we did. (I expect…
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One of my all-time favorite writers, Georges Perec, co-created a stunning film version of his novel Un Homme Qui Dort back in 1974. It's the subject of today's Tuesday Morning…
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Movie stars pay good money for the services of publicists, so I don't understand why they don't avail themselves of said services more frequently. For instance, I'd wager that almost…
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The beginning of a strange journey...a journey to find the keys to the past and the present...a journey to a land where APES SPEAK LIKE MEN..."How is it that this…
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Over at the Auteur's Notebook, I outline my theory as to why the crazy 1970 Czech fantasy Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is an exemplary Halloween film. Whatever scary…
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If I were a regular reader of this blog rather than its writer, about now I'd be wondering what's with the infrequent posting, not to mention its author's sudden disinclination…
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