A Great Movie You’ve Probably Never Seen, Vol. I

“I’m sure you’ll find this amusing, but I’m afraid of the dark.”                                       Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda) in Klute, 1971, dir. Alan J. Pakula Anyone working in movies has influences. I certainly have quite a few. Spielberg and […]

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The Greatest Decade for Movies

Is there a better decade for film than the 1970s? Feel free to try to convince me otherwise, but I doubt you’ll have much luck. Taken as a whole, the films of the 70s combine into a dazzling, divergent whole that challenges and delights, devastates and uplifts, while also remaining extremely relevant many years later.  […]

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