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Can a film noir be too perfectly noir?
I think I’m one of the few people who doesn’t care much for Out of the Past. It may be that for me the closer a movie gets to film noir, the less it appeals to me. I can’t argue … Read more
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Out of the Past (1947)
Directed by Jacques Tourneur Often regarded as one of the quintessential film noirs, if not the film noir, Out of the Past is a movie I have a difficult time watching despite its bona fides. Perhaps it is because of … Read more
Reacquainted with Myrna Loy and William Powell
Last week I went on a run of watching and writing about some Myrna Loy and William Powell movies I have in my collection. I went through four five of them, three four of which I’ve had here, unwatched, for … Read more
Posted in Actors, Myrna Loy, William Powell
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The Missing (2003)
Directed by Ron Howard With a gathering of talent like director Ron Howard and actors Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones, you would expect the end result to be pretty darn good. And the movie The Missing is pretty darn … Read more
Sergio Leone and a good, odd western
I’m currently reading Marc Eliot’s Clint Eastwood: American Rebel and it inevitably got me thinking about the earlier Eastwood movies, the spaghetti westerns, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Below is my lengthy rambling about it from quite … Read more
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Directed by Steven Spielberg The most Indiana Jones of the Indiana Jones movies is Raiders of the Lost Ark. This is the film that most closely accomplishes what George Lucas and Steven Spielberg originally set out to do, which was … Read more
Man of La Mancha (1972)
Directed by Arthur Hiller I just watched 1972′s Man of La Mancha (starring Peter O’Toole and Sophia Loren, directed by Arthur Hiller). And yes, as many have said, it’s a mess. But you know, it’s a mess that has its … Read more
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