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- 20 Movies: The Truman Show (1998)
- The Seven Year Itch (1955)
- Abuse never looked as beautiful as it does in Gilda
- Who dunnit? What did they do? Who cares? – Anatomy of a Murder
- Vertigo (1958)
- Week-end in a Havana (1941)
- Austin Powers: Ten years old
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
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William Powell:
- Man of the World (1931)
- Evelyn Prentice (1934)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Libeled Lady (1936)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- After the Thin Man (1936)
- Double Wedding (1937)
- Another Thin Man (1939)
- I Love You Again (1940)
- Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
- Love Crazy (1941)
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
- Song of the Thin Man (1947)
- Mister Roberts (1955)
Archives
The brusque and harebrained Illegal
Edward G. Robinson was one helluva a good actor. He even makes this exercise in the absurd and perfunctory a crime drama you can watch, even enjoy at moments. Often found in film noir collections, it isn’t noir. In a … Read more
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Predator and prey and packs in Collateral
This movie is filled with fascinating imagery as Michael Mann presents a nocturnal vision of the city that is dark and threatening. It also has a key image, the coyote, that I think many people misremember. If you look at … Read more
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Collateral (2004)
Directed by Michael Mann The only person in Collateral that seems at home in the urban environment is the predator Vincent (Tom Cruise) and, ironically, he’s the only one who says he doesn’t like it (“too sprawled out; too disconnected”). … Read more
Hypocritical and disturbing: They Won’t Forget
I’m usually more forgiving of the sins of older movies as I try to keep in mind the periods they were made and the attitudes and mindsets of the day. But the subject They Won’t Forget takes on and how … Read more
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The Thin Man Series
The series of Thin Man movies answers the question, “What does happily ever after look like?” Romances are usually about the obstacles a couple goes through in order to be together and they end with the pair finally uniting with … Read more
High Sierra (1941)
Directed by Raoul Walsh The movie High Sierra is notable and highly watchable for a number of things not the least of which is its status as Humphrey Bogart’s first starring role. It’s the one that placed him pretty firmly … Read more
High Sierra: When the bad guy is the good guy
I recently finished reading Stefan Kanfer’s Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart. (The title is from something Raymond Chandler said of Bogart.) So of course, I’m back to watching Bogart movies, at least for … Read more
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