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    Apr 22 2012
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    Literary interlude

    By Glenn Kenny Literary interludes
    An English Catholic painter came to paint the Pope's portrait. Hadrian knew him for a vulgar and officious liar: detested him; and, at the first application, had refused to sit…
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    Apr 21 2012
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    Review: The Skin I Live In, Martha Marcy May Marlene and Ghost Rider- Spirit of Vengeance

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    Anyone wondering whether the great Pedro Almodóvar had lost some of his edge at the ripe old age of 62 should immediately check out his new film The Skin I…
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    Apr 20 2012
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    "Girls," circa 1974

    By Glenn Kenny Auteurs, Great Art, Movies
    Just kidding. But then again, mark my words: when the new 35mm print of Jacques Rivette's 1974 Celine and Julie Go Boating hits Film Forum beginning May 4, some "relevance"…
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    Apr 19 2012
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    The current cinema

    By Glenn Kenny Asides
    Honest to God, at no point during Think Like A Man did this man think "How could hell be any worse?" or any such thing. That's kind of the surprise…
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    Apr 17 2012
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    Three compositions from "Youngblood Hawke," by Delmer Daves, Charles Lawton, Jr., and Leo K. Kuter, 1964

    By Glenn Kenny Images
        With James Franciscus, Suzanne Pleshette, and Geneviève Page. Daves directed, Lawton shot, Kuter was the art director.
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    Apr 17 2012
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    William Finley, 1942-2012

    By Glenn Kenny In Memoriam
    An ace actor and a veritable type who came along in an era of severe character-actor non-appreciation, alas. Like Robert Silverman in early David Cronenberg, Finley was a totemic figure…
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