Sunday, September 29, 2019

The Confessional: The Chase {1966}

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The Chase is one of those films nearly everyone loves to hate. Ridiculed upon its release in spring 1966, the film has been portrayed as a ...
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Sunday, September 8, 2019

The Mystery of "One-Take Woody" Van Dyke

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One of the things I enjoy most about classic cinema is its total artificiality. The majority--like, 90% or more--of the Hollywood films from...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Sentimental Journey: Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons"

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Wonderful opening narration married to sublime images. Among cinephiles, that crazy, obsessed handful of barely human species for whom ...
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Underrated Gem: Herbert Ross' Goodbye, Mr. Chips

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When I think of musical films from 1960 to 1972, some have been praised to the sky and back--some deservedly so ( Cabaret ), some less so (...
Monday, September 4, 2017

The Confessional: Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

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Forgive me fellow film buffs, I'm a sinner. In movies many people fail to appreciate, I find my guiltiest pleasures. MGM's 1962 rem...
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Friday, August 18, 2017

Blacklisted Westerns: Johnny Guitar and High Noon

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2017 marks the 70th anniversary of the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) , which was the mechanism for Washington's...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

The Confessional: Sex and the Single Girl

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Confession is one of the best known sacraments of the Catholic Church. Though this is not a religious blog, per se, movies are certainly my ...