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Read instead…in print #36. North by Northwest: The Man Who Had Too Much
If we ever needed a reassurance about why we love cinema in general and Alfred Hitchcock in particular, then Hitchcock’s North by Northwest: The Man Who Had Too Much, by James Stratton, spells that out. North by Northwest “sparkles … Read More
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August Newsletter: Make ‘em laugh, make ‘em cry, make ‘em wait, and Silkwood
Photos: Classiq Journal “The authors of genuine children’s literature, then, are only rarely and indirectly educators… Jules Verne is perhaps the only one. They are poets whose imagination is privileged to remain on the dream wavelength … Read More
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July newsletter: Leigh Fermor’s Mani, Jules Dassin’s Athens, and Moondance
“All at once a further wonder came to increase our well-being: a cool breath of wind. This is one of the seldom-failing blessings of midsummer in the Peloponnese.” Patrick Leigh Fermor, Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese … Read More
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May Newsletter: A Training School for Elephants and safaris in Bergmanland
”When I was young, I didn’t watch TV, I watched Fellini.” Luca Marinelli, Locarno Meets Film images: Persona, directed by Ingmar Bergman. Svensk Filmindustri. Photos: Classiq Journal Persona, 1966 Ingmar Bergman Intensely provocative and … Read More
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Read instead…in print #35: How Directors Dress
Some years ago, I wrote about François Truffaut, his alter egos in movies and their looks that so often channeled his own. What got me started was his brown leather jacket he wore on the set of La nuit … Read More
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