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10/28/2011
Director Jacques Becker is not on most lists of the best or most well-known French directors, but three of his films have become well regarded classics.
Casque d’or (1952) helped Simone Signoret become a world wide star, while Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954; Don’t Touch the Loot in English) has gone...
10/21/2011
In all its Fury and Violence!
Stanley Kubrick’s first few films show how a genius grows. His career started with Fear and Desire, a war film that he himself buried from public consumption, then moved on with a pair of unique film-noirs. The first was 1955’s Killer’s Kiss, a weak, 65-minute film about a boxer. The saving grace...
10/14/2011
'The Pulitzer Prize winning novel becomes a vital...
Political corruption is a constant problem. It is more obvious in autocratic societies than democratic ones, but it is always there. That’s what makes All The King’s Men, the winner of the 1949 Best Picture Oscar, one of the most timeless political thrillers. It is a film that fails to beautify...
