Encore Cinema Out Takes

New looks at yesterday’s films - DVD’s and cable re-runs promise eternal life to movies, compressing a century of filmmaking, so that last year’s release sits next to that old one you vaguely recall. See it again, remember those black and white flickers, the stuff that dreams are made of ...

Friday, February 07, 2020

1964 - The Last Gasp of Old Hollywood

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             My son snickers that I only watch films made before 1950. Not true. But close. I do prefer films made in the ‘30’s and 40’s, t...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

DIVORCE, FILM NOIR STYLE

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DEAD HUSBANDS: The collateral damage of film noir             I’ve written often about my favorite film genre. See my “noir” posts on t...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"

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I have written about the library of Coen Brothers films before. In my review of "No Country For Old Men," I observed that they mi...
Friday, October 05, 2018

The Half Empty Glass Does NOT Runneth Over

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I admit it. I am a pessimist. My glass is half empty. But so is yours, all of you. Be honest. You love to be miserable. It explains t...
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