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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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“Summer Clouds”

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The 1958 “Summer Clouds” is a sprawling but tightly structured work, one that has an almost mathematical precision to it. Chikage Awashima plays Yae, a war widow doing what she can to sustain herself, her son, and her mother-in-law on a … Continue reading →

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Movie Posters by Angelo Cesselon

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: One of the great artists of Italian movie posters, Angelo Cesselon was known for his energetic, brushy style and his ability to nail celebrity likenesses. It’s no surprise, then, that he went on to a distinguished … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Eega”

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “Eega,” one of the most successful Telugu-language films of all time, a recently  murdered young man, named Nani, is reincarnated as a housefly, then sets out to knock off his killer — who also happens … Continue reading →

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“Edouard et Caroline”

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Directed by Jacques Becker in 1951, this concise, smartly worked-out marital farce is a cynical companion piece to Becker’s earlier “Antoine et Antoinette.” When Daniel Gelin’s Edouard allows his wife Caroline to talk him into giving a piano … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Snow Country”

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: An exceptionally beautiful melodrama that, though it never delivers on its narrative and thematic promises, is the kind of thing that seems to live in your memory even as you’re watching it. Director Shiro Toyoda is reminiscent … Continue reading →

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“Blacula”

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Early blaxploitation, directed by William Crain and starring William Marshall as an 18th century African prince who, bitten by Count Dracula, wakes up in 1971 L.A. It’s a surprisingly straightfaced movie — far less of a spoof … Continue reading →

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Divas

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Bessie Smith appeared in only this one movie; it has an all-black cast and runs 16 minutes. Whatever one might say about the limitations of the story line, derived from the W.C. Handy song by the … Continue reading →

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“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” Five Ways

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Those of us who grew up in the 1980s probably have fond memories of this song, and the movie it came from: John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club. The original 1985 recording, by Scottish New-Wave band Simple Minds, … Continue reading →

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