There are three questions one must ask in considering any adaptation of Herman Melville’s magnificent…
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One of the defining emotions of John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon is contempt. It’s an…
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The Misfits epitomizes a certain type of Hollywood modernist aesthetic: a film about Big Ideas…
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Los Angeles is the most beautiful city in the world, when seen at night from…
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“…inspired by seventies thrillers!” — ad/review copy for Captain America: The Winter Soldier So what…
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Is it just me or did The Treasure of the Sierra Madre age shockingly well?…
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Following NerdInTheBasement‘s lead on Friday, I’m subbing in for gillianren today. We assume she’s off fighting crime somewhere.…
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Conventional films about love bring people together, and thus deal with class issues in two…
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The Godfather I (1972) and II (1974) served as a prelude to a string of…
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