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Read instead…in Print
“It’s only when rehearsals start, and the characters begin to be people, that I see what’s happening and what has to be made stronger. That’s when I begin to have my ideas.” Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris. Read instead…in print Read More
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Dressing Character in John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven
There was something inherently modern about Steve McQueen even when he played a character in a classic western. He is restless in John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven, always fidgeting, the perfect counterpart to Yul Brynner’s quietude. Dressing character in Read More
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Seberg, Belmondo and Godard’s Film de Cinéphile: À bout de souffle
A Paris where two lovers are overwhelmed by fate and where the image of Jean Seberg as Patricia Franchini strolling down the Champs-Elysées in The New York Herald Tribune t-shirt became an everlasting style headline and the star of the French New Wave. À bout de souffle was Godard’s film de cinéphile and Read More
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August Newsletter: Summer Rain, The Lagoon and Bottle Rocket
In this month’s newsletter: Summer rain, The Lagoon, and Bottle Rocket Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
Sarah Baxter’s Cinematic Places takes us to destinations that have set the scene for some great worldwide films. Each film story woven around a place yet revealing Read More
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