Took me forever to get a copy of the Sony "The Films Of Michael Powell" double-feature DVD. Didn't get the review copy, and Sony apparently didn't initially manufacture enough to…
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Sylvia Pinal as Satan as Jesus in Simon of the Desert, Bunuel, 1965"Thank God I'm an atheist," the great director Luis Bunuel was fond of repeating in his later years,…
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So, the Oscar nominations were announced some time last week, and I didn't have much to say about them, because I can't be arsed, for reasons that I think can…
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As predicted here back in August, Robert Downey Jr has been nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his fantastic work in Tropic Thunder. He won't win it, of…
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Rose Hobart (yes, that one) regards good-for-nothing Charles Farrell in Borzage's Liliom, 1930. One of the near-inexhaustible pleasures/opportunities for discovery provided by the Murnau, Borzage and Fox box set is Liliom,…
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