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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 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 [...]
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. [...]

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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