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Month: July 2017

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Finding Out Who’s THE MAN IN THE MOON

Jul 31, 2017 Cassie Brown 0

The Man in the Moon (1991), the final film directed by Robert Mulligan, is a coming of age drama that rivals even The Notebook, a love story that sets the stage for the trials and tribulations […]

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A Very PRETTY POISON

Jul 27, 2017 Andy Ross 0

When I told a few friends of mine that I was going to be watching the 1968 film Pretty Poison, a film that I hadn’t seen before, a number of them were surprised I didn’t […]

Movies

Unscrewing the Screwball: SMART WOMAN and THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD

Jul 26, 2017 Nathanael Hood 0

Unscrewing the Screwball: What comes to mind when we think of Great Depression-era Hollywood escapism? Chorus lines of Busby Berkeley showgirls? Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers? Rough and tumble Warner Bros gangster flicks? All good […]

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Nicholas Ray Characters Are All ON DANGEROUS GROUND

Jul 21, 2017 Wade Sheeler 0

Nicholas Ray is not an easy director. Almost all of his work requires the viewer to be introspective while simultaneously digging deep beneath superficial layers to discover irony, paranoia and self-loathing. Whether it’s the misunderstood […]

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Dame in the Game: Gloria Grahame

Jul 19, 2017 Maureen Lenker 2

Gloria Grahame may not seem to fit alongside the women we typically feature in this column — she didn’t found her own company, become a director, break any particular barriers, or do significant philanthropic work. […]

Movies

THE THIRD MAN Team Delivers OUR MAN IN HAVANA

Jul 17, 2017 Andy Ross 0

1959’s Our Man in Havana was the third collaboration between director Carol Reed and novelist Graham Greene—their best known work being 1949’s The Third Man. The movie begins with a title card:  “This film is […]

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B-Roll: John Ford Lost and Found BUCKING BROADWAY

Jul 10, 2017 Nathanael Hood 0

In all of film history, there are few greater tragedies than the fact that only a handful of the 60-70 silent films directed by John Ford still survive to this day. Ford, one of American […]

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FilmStruck First Friday: Stream LOVE AND DEATH

Jul 7, 2017 Wade Sheeler 0

The first Friday of every month, we here at The Retro Set offer up a pick from FilmStruck that we think is worth your while, whether it’s a classic, a hard to find gem or […]

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Technology Run Amok: Demon Seed

Jul 5, 2017 Patrick King 0

Looking back to the world of 1977 as presented by Demon Seed (written by Robert Jaffe and Roger O. Hirson from a novel by Dean R. Koontz, directed by Donald Cammell), the strange fear that […]

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    Jan 24, 2019 0
  • Are You Still SHOOK by Valentino’s THE SHEIK?
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Opinion

  • Corridos and Fairy Tales – Storytelling in The Princess Bride and The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    Nov 27, 2018 0
    In recent months, the Criterion Collection has released two films from the 1980s that are about the art of storytelling. The first, Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride (1987), is a beloved Hollywood classic, based on [...]
  • Andrei Rublev and What Hate Has Wrought

    Nov 2, 2018 0
    [This review was begun the same day as the Oct. 27, 2018 Tree of Life shooting.] They killed eleven Jews in Pittsburgh today, gunned down in their synagogue as they prayed round their holy scriptures. [...]
  • There’s HOPE For Us Yet: Bob Hope from Kino Lorber

    Feb 5, 2018 0
    I may get some hits for this, but I posit that classic film fans generally do not have as great an affinity for the popular movie comedians of the 30s and 40s, as they do [...]
  • Fire Walk with #Me Too: A Personal Retrospective on Twin Peaks

    Fire Walk With # Me Too: A Personal Retrospection on Twin Peaks

    Jan 8, 2018 0
    Reviewing a movie you’ve seen a million times over an almost twenty year period is a hard task, especially when it comes to something that has become a large part of your life and that [...]
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    Dame in the Game: Gloria Grahame

    Jul 19, 2017 2
    Gloria Grahame may not seem to fit alongside the women we typically feature in this column — she didn’t found her own company, become a director, break any particular barriers, or do significant philanthropic work. [...]

Lifestyle

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    Apr 19, 2016 0
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Events

  • Cinemondo Is an All New World Cinema Series

    Dec 5, 2018 0
    Link TV, the national independent non-commercial satellite television network, is premiering  a new weekly international film series this Thursday called CINEMONDO that brings cinema from around the world to foreign movie fans.
  • LOST LA: Dream Factory

    Dec 19, 2017 0
    I’m a nut for L.A. history, and when that history melds with the early days of Hollywood, I’m in 100%. So I was very excited to screen LOST LA: The Dream Factory.  Most confounding, was my [...]
  • An Afternoon at the Silent Clowns Film Series

    Jun 14, 2017 2
    The Bruno Walter Auditorium is home to the Silent Clowns Film Series, which boasts itself as “New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase.” For twenty years now, the series has provided the public with [...]
  • The Retro Set Virtual Alt-Fest: Saturday Edition

    Apr 8, 2017 0
    Welcome to the Retro Set Virtual Fest: Saturday Edition! Join the party and follow the links below – no matter where you are! This year, you can watch the films at the same time we do. [...]
  • TCM Film Fest Special Feature: Line up wth Raquel Stecher

    Apr 7, 2017 0
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