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    Mar 08 2010
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    The dark at the top, and at the bottom, of the stairs, or, there's always "Bigger Than Life"

    By Glenn Kenny Aesthetics, Affinities, Auteurs, DVD, Great Art, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny
    Nicholas Ray and James Mason,Bigger Than Life, Ray, 1956 Two films of 1956 seem to turn one of the predominant genres of the Eisenhower era on its head. In certain…
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    Mar 07 2010
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    The third hour (and change) of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards

    By Glenn Kenny Awards, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny
     10:32: "Why is it okay when Jamie Oliver does it but not when Michelle Obama does it?" "Because Jamie Olver's not a SOCIALIST!!"Ar ar ar.I'm right: Martin's funnier by himself.…
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    Mar 07 2010
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    The second hour of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards

    By Glenn Kenny Awards, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny
      9:26: Mulligan and Saldana. Wonder what Jeff Wells is up to...The color on that clip from the early Hackford short made somebody ask, "Was that a porno?" Colleen: "It's the show's…
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    Mar 07 2010
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    The first hour of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards

    By Glenn Kenny Awards, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny
     8:27:Okay, I just alienated everybody in the room by uttering the words "Gabourey Sidibe" and "unhinged jaw" in the same sentence. 8:30: Some unseen voice is introducing all the lead acting…
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    Mar 07 2010
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    Welcome! Prefacing the Oscar live-blog.

    By Glenn Kenny Awards, Housekeeping, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny
     As promised, live-blogging of the Oscar telecast is beginning from an undisclosed Brooklyn location. Barbara Walters is unspooling some sort of "greatest hits" reel...or was...now she's showing baby pictures of…
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    Mar 07 2010
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    Image

    By Glenn Kenny Just images, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny
    If you recognize the image, then you can guess what my next Foreign Region DVD Report will be; if not, well, Tuesday's only a couple of days away anyhow. I…
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