Category Archives: Film
Mid-Autumn Culture Trip Newsletter
As I was sitting by the window of a newly discovered café downtown where I can peacefully work from remotely, one early, quiet and misty autumn morning, the images from the beginning of Three Days of the Condor with … Read More
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He Wore Black
Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, 1969 | Campanile Productions, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production, Newman-Foreman Company, Twenties Century Fox Henry Fonda gone bad, one of cinema’s most memorable endings with two … Read More
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For His Eyes Only: The Women of James Bond
For His Eyes Only: The Women of James Bond, edited by Lisa Funnell, offers a scholarly look at the representation of women in the Bond universe. But it should be more of a conversation starter and less of an interpretation as fact. Read More
The Man With No Name, but with an Iconic Look
In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Clint Eastwood subverted the conservative cowboy type and reinvented him as a morally ambiguous drifter. His costumes, from his poncho to the long-waisted olive coat, played their part. Read More
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The Films to Watch This Autumn
Nothing like a noir thriller and an Almodóvar film to get the conversation started. Noteworthy movies to watch, autumn 2019. Read More
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