Monday, October 18, 2010

Ghost Tales

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Having recently seen and hated “The Lovely Bones,” I tried to remember other ghost stories that I preferred. Here is the list I came up with...
Sunday, July 11, 2010

The Lubitsch Touch

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LACMA is in the midst of a four week program showing the films of Ernst Lubitsch, the master of the romantic comedy, a genre that has been ...
Monday, March 08, 2010

Notes On Oscars

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The renewed expansion of the best movie category to 10 was a transparently desperate move, akin to a closeout sale at Wal-mart. In the Golde...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

My nominees for Worst Movies of 2009 involving talented movie makers:

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Angels And Demons One of the worst movies of the decade, especially considering the quality of those responsible, particularly David Koepp ...
Monday, November 16, 2009

"Too Bad She's Bad" (1955)

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I get a kick out of discovering a new old film. I remember a very late sleepless night long time ago running into a Japanese film. It was in...
Thursday, November 05, 2009

Ben Hecht, Hollywood's Shakespeare

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Ever think of what you would do if you had another life to lead. Mine would not involve adventure, except maybe the vicarious sort. Sometime...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

My Netflix Notes ... more recent rental reviews

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The International A muddled travelogue / capitalist conspiracy police thriller. Naomi Watts is wasted, obviously in it for the paycheck. Owe...
Wednesday, June 03, 2009

A Max Ophuls Festival

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My first introduction to Max Ophuls came through Bijou, of course. In those days, we were regulars at the Encore Theater in Hollywood, the F...
Friday, May 22, 2009

1939 - 70th Anniversary

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Seventy years ago - even before I was born - Hollywood capped its Golden Age with a year of releases that still sparkle, like pearls in a pr...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

"Slumdog Millionaire" (2008)

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Pauline Kael, the longtime New Yorker film critic, was known for decrying the pompous critical barrier between "art" and "tr...