Nothing actually new to report here, but it occurs to me that visitors who check in whether or not anything pops up on their RSS feeds or whatnot might grow…
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Compelled once again by Christmas deadlines to sum up the year in cinema, I have been thinking a lot about how some movies stay with you and some don't, how…
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I draw your attention to Steve Garden's survey of the 11 Best Unreleased Films from this year's Film Festival at Lumiére. This year I made the mistake of using the…
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The irrepressible Ms. Lafont, seen here sizing up (and finding wanting) wannabe seducer Serge Marquand, is one of the main attractions of Moshe Mizrahi's 1971 Les Stances a Sophie. Another…
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Featuring The Bride. UPDATE: My Lovely Wife, who worked hardest on the decorating, believes a more expansive view is called for.
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...not to mention Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen Westmeier Rohe.Curtiz and Berlin's 1954 White Christmas (Berlin's songs so define the picture that he fully earns co-auteur status—and indeed, the picture…
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