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film
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Tuesday, 16 September 2014
The Man Who Walked Through Walls
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This book of exquisitely written short stories was published in Occupied Paris in 1943. Marcel Aymé (1902-67) has been compared with Kaf...
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Charles Laughton, actor and drinker
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In this ad for Pabst beer we see the great Charles Laughton squinting into the California sun, holding a glass of chilled Blue Ribbon. I...
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
With Eric Rohmer in Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
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Eric Rohmer’s films sharply divide critical opinion. Those with a taste for leisurely exposition, extended dialogues and philosophical compl...
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Menschen am Sonntag 1929
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I’ve watched this exhilarating and fascinating film three times in the last week and shall do so again before long. There is no colour, no s...
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Douglass Crockwell’s Double Life
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On the day that America celebrates Thanksgiving we give our thanks for Douglass Crockwell (1904-1968), one of the most singular characters...
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