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Russians!

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Musing Du Jour: Are GoPro videos and dashcam videos the most exciting audiovisual-thru-time things being made these days? What movies can compare?

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She Has Killed Our Grandmothers

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Norma Shearer has killed our grandmothers. She has killed what they stood for. She has murdered the old-time Good Woman. She has cremated the myth that men will never marry ‘that kind of woman.’ She has … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Here’s to the Young Lady”

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The 1949 “Here’s to the Young Lady” stars Setsuko Hara as an upper-class woman pressed into marriage by her family’s economic tribulations. The man with whom she’s set up, played by the affable Shuji Sano, is … Continue reading →

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Art Greats Perceive the Future

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The great publishing industry will be the publishing of motion pictures instead of print. Motion picture libraries will be as common as private libraries – more so. Theatres will have the same relation to these libraries … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Man Wanted”

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Although William Dieterle had a long, distinguished career, I think he was at his best in his early Hollywood pictures. Movies like “Jewel Robbery” and “The Last Flight” have a light, off-the-cuff quality that leavens the director’s taste … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Jack Irish: Bad Debts” and “Black Tide” (2012)

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: This series of telemovies is based on the novels by Peter Temple. Jack is a widowed criminal attorney who has drifted into a second life as a private investigator, debt collector, gambler, and quippy layabout. He hangs … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposin’: Are Teenage Dreams So Hard to Beat?

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Notes on “Near Death”

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Near Death,” which concerns the final days of patients consigned to an intensive care unit, provides Frederick Wiseman with what might be his ultimate subject. Certainly it’s hard to imagine a topic more rife with the sort … Continue reading →

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Getting Good and Tough

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The movies are getting good ­and tough. I’m all for it, myself. I like the rough-and-ready atmosphere of such a picture as “A Girl in Every Port.” My boy friend does, too. Tip to girls: if … Continue reading →

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“Bernard and Doris”

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: There was a lot about this 2006, made-for-HBO movie that I loved. It’s a very small-scale, low-budget rhapsody on a historic fact: late in life, the famous tobacco heiress Doris Duke, who had never managed to have … Continue reading →

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