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![]() The beauty of New York City is captured in this comedy/drama from Woody Allen about a middle-aged writer who is rebounding from a bad marriage by dating a 17 year old, while also dating his friend’s mistress. Accented by the use of black and white filming, the movie exposes the duality of our …
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![]() A film noir twisting and turning and presenting Bogart at the top of his game, The Maltese Falcon is a deservedly classic Hollywood movie packed with subterfuge and manipulation from beginning to end.
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![]() This by far is my favorite black and white horror film. The Spiral Staircase is about a mute woman named Helen Capel. (Dorothy McGuire) There is a killer on the loose that kills people with disabilites such as Helen’s. If theres a killer stalking her, how does she call for help? What I love about… |
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![]() Another very entertaining Coen movie! Billy Bob Thornton plays an understated barber who’s life tumbles calmly out of control. Filmed in black and white 1940’s Santa Rosa, I loved story because of the subtle and sarcastic humor, as well as the how things progress from surreal to uncanny. From th…
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![]() Some Like It Hot kicked off the Sixties with a bang. Released in ‘59, it was nominated for six Oscars at the 1960 Academy Awards, winning only for Orry-Kelly’s dresses for Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and most especially Marilyn Monroe. Speaking of Monroe, she won the 1960 Golden Globe for Best A…
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Curtis does Grant, Monroe does Monroe
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![]() Classic film noir doesn’t necessarily age well, The Third Man a case in point, cool cover notwithstanding. Slow and stilted by contemporary standards, it nonetheless deserves its status as a benchmark of the genre, if not the perfect rating so many give it. Most intriguingly, it would make a …
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The movie's better than the trailer.
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![]() 12 Angry Men has lost its punch, coming across today as more tortured and melodramatic than taut and credible. Still, it’s a classic, enduring as a case study of group dynamics more than as a compelling drama. The well-known story follows a jury into and through their deliberations on a murd…
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12 Great Actors
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