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DVD Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Ya gotta believe Dan Duryea...

...when he tells ye he didn't do it! Ya just gotta! Because this time—for…

Glenn KennyDecember 15, 2009

DVD Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Arrrrr.

The final leg of my assessment of the lesser Polanskis (and "leg" seems apt, as…

Glenn KennyDecember 8, 2009

Critics DVD Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #8: "The Man Who Cheated Himself," directed by Felix Feist

After a one-week engagement at The Auteurs', this soon-to-be-concluded feature returns to its home. (Now's…

Glenn KennyDecember 7, 2009

DVD esoterica Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Helen high water

I know, I know; it appears that SCR is devolving—some would call it evolving, actually—into…

Glenn KennyDecember 1, 2009

DVD Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Godfather and company

Twelve years after his groundbreaking Apollo performance, 10 years after the TAMI Show, the Godfather…

Glenn KennyNovember 24, 2009

Auteurs DVD Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"The heavenly electricity:" Douglas Sirk's "Summer Storm" (1944)

This, recently released on DVD, really is a must-see, a terrific piece of cinematic storytelling…

Glenn KennyNovember 20, 2009

DVD Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Return of the sepia

Note: above image not representative. Well, not wholly representative, anyway. I'll get to that in…

Glenn KennyNovember 19, 2009

DVD Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"Cliff" notes

John Woo's frequently breathtaking Red Cliff opens in the U.S. soon in a 140-minute-or-so "international…

Glenn KennyNovember 17, 2009

DVD Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"What?", you say

Roman Polanski's return to the headlines garnered quite a bit of diverse reaction. It also…

Glenn KennyNovember 10, 2009

Auteurs Critics DVD Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #4: 'The Thing From Another World," directed (it is said) by Christian Nyby

Previous installments here, here, and here.Farber: "Howard Hawks's science-fiction quickie directed by Christian Nyby; fast, crisp…

Glenn KennyNovember 8, 2009

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Ya gotta believe Dan Duryea...

Arrrrr.

Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #8: "The Man Who Cheated Himself," directed by Felix Feist

Helen high water

Godfather and company

"The heavenly electricity:" Douglas Sirk's "Summer Storm" (1944)

Return of the sepia

"Cliff" notes

"What?", you say

Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #4: 'The Thing From Another World," directed (it is said) by Christian Nyby

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