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The Searchers 1956
This is a hard one to write about because the subject - American Indians and white settlers fighting for ownership and identity over the American West - is anything but simple.
I prefaced watching this movie by reading movie critic Glenn Frankel's book on "The Searchers" - and that helped a great deal - giving some necessary historical background on several things; on the real-life capturing of white girl Cynthia Ann Parker by Comanche Indians (and eventual "rescue" by whites)…Translated from by -
Their Finest 2016
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
To be catty, you could call "Their Finest" a chick flick squared, or a "woman's movie" within-a-movie, as it's about a young (beautiful) woman hired to write women's dialogue, for movies, for the war effort, in England, in 1940.
As it often happens when I bring my 1940s-loving self to a contemporary movie that's reminiscing about that time, I end up leaving a bit disappointed. Maybe a lot disappointed.
For one thing, even with all the air raids, the carnage…Translated from by
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Certified Copy 2010
If I could make up a subtitle for this movie, I'd say, "Certified Copy," or, "how Abbas Kiarostami f-es with your idea of a romantic comedy."
It's an indie favorite from 2010, starring Juliette Binoche and William Shimell, so when I saw it listed as part as a local Iranian movie festival, I thought I would add it to my netflix queue and check it out...
So, at the start, this movie sets you up for a sunny romance in…Translated from by -
The Best of Everything 1959
I love a good working girl movie, and this 1959 Jean Negulesco-directed version of the genre is probably the most stylish one I've seen. The girls at work here (Hope Lange, Suzy Parker, Diane Baker) are stunning beauties; their publishing office in the Seagram building in New York is lovely and modern. (My favorite touch was that the downstairs cafeteria is not only a convenient lunch spot but also serves after hours as bar, where secretaries can drink freely with…
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