Thursday, October 13, 2016

The Non-Review Review: "The Birth Of A Nation"

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The Birth of A Nation (2016) directed by and starring Nate Parker Should you see it? I'll leave it to you. I don't have compell...
Saturday, August 27, 2016

Getting Down With "The Get Down": A B-Boy/Disco Queen Time Machine

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The Get Down (2016; Netflix) Finished watching the first six episodes of the Netflix series The Get Down last week, directed by Australi...
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Monday, August 22, 2016

Backward Glance: Ronin (Or ... Riding In Cars With Boys)

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Ronin (1998) Directed by John Frankenheimer With Robert DeNiro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skaarsgard "After we avert th...
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Late '60s Spanish Harlem Fantasy With "Popi"

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"Popi" (1969) directed by Arthur Hiller Starring Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno I have not seen this film in decades, but I remembe...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Classic Western: The Magnificent Seven

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The Magnificent Seven (1960) directed by John Sturges starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Ro...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Guilty Pleasure: "Duel In The Sun" -- Brownface And Melodrama

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Duel In The Sun (1946) directed by King Vidor I have an unreasonable fondness for the cheesy, dramatic, politically incorrect technicolo...

Classic Western: The Big Country

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The Big Country (1958) Directed by William Wyler starring Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Burl Ives, Carroll Baker, Chuck Con...