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Evening, all! I’ve been thinking about this one for a while. Music and movies go hand in hand, and have for 97 years, ever since Al Jolson burst into song in The Jazz Singer (yeah, I know—on the ...
by theghostofjohndewey
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on Sat May 04, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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… … … … SPOILER ALERT! You know that opening scene in The Letter, that movie made in 1940, where some man comes stumbling out onto the veranda of a bungalow after a shot has been fired, with Bette Davis coming right behind him, pumping him full of lead...
by disinterested spectator
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on Sat May 04, 2024 at 05:54 AM PDT
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This article first appeared in The Paradise Progressive. Review April 19, 2024 by David Silverberg Back on Dec. 13, the independent, boutique movie studio A24 released a horrific-looking trailer for a movie called Civil War. Its premise was that civil...
by Silmedia2
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on Fri Apr 19, 2024 at 09:33 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 10:36 PM PDT
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by BrianMcFadden
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 02:50 PM PDT
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I’ve frequently shared here op/eds that get published in the very red congressional district in which I ran for Congress as the Democratic nominee in 2011-12. Most of what I say in these weekly “Messages to the Conservatives” is challenging. I am...
by AndySchmookler
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 07:46 AM PDT
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… … … … SPOILER ALERT! HUAC and McCarthyism My Son John is a movie about a communist named John, John Jefferson to be exact, played by Robert Walker. It is impossible to discuss this movie without noting that it was made at a time when America was...
by disinterested spectator
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on Sat Apr 20, 2024 at 04:52 AM PDT
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Good morning, Cafe!� I know a lot of you are getting ready to view the eclipse tomorrow, if possible.� Me?� We’re out of the path of totality, which is OK, ‘cause not much is going to top the ...
by The Marti
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on Sun Apr 07, 2024 at 07:30 AM PDT
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Many, not all, examples of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the world of literature and cinema have been cautionary tales, including Mary Shelley’s pioneering 1818 horror novel Frankenstein, where the man-made creature is emotional, self-educated,...
by C0RI0LANUS
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on Thu Mar 28, 2024 at 03:20 AM PDT
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… … … … SPOILER ALERT! The Maltese Falcon (1941) is based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett, published in 1930 after having been serialized in Black Mask magazine in 1929. Because the movie follows it rather closely, references to the novel from time to...
by disinterested spectator
22 comments
on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 02:59 AM PDT
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Yes, furries can enjoy watching the screen too.
well, sometimes.
by strawbale
44 comments
on Thu Mar 28, 2024 at 07:00 PM PDT
with 60 Recommends
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I subscribe to Roger Eberts newsletter. It’s not a newsletter from the dead, his wife has gathered many movie critics, and they do weekly reviews of new movies coming out. None are in the same category for sure, but it’s a good way to keep up with new...
by ZenTrainer
64 comments
on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 05:30 PM PDT
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I am going to do something terrible. �I am going to talk about a movie I have not seen, based only on what the director has said and one review that stood out to me. �In my defense, I am not talking ...
by angryea
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on Tue Mar 19, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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A bit of housekeeping first. This is a new section of the newsletter. If you don’t want to receive it, you can opt out of it via your subscription management page .
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by angryea
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on Fri Mar 15, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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… … … ... SPOILER ALERT! There have been several movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock in which a man has a mother, which is usually a bad sign. Most notable among them is the movie Psycho (1960), of course. Preceding that movie was Strangers on a Train...
by disinterested spectator
8 comments
on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 06:03 AM PDT
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… … … … SPOILER ALERT! Lady for a Day is a 1933 comedy directed by Frank Capra. In trying to make sense of this movie, I discovered that the absurdity of its premise was completely unnecessary, for a perfectly reasonable alternative was available but...
by disinterested spectator
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on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 06:17 AM PST
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In writing this diary, I was inspired by the Facebook post of Arturas Kvederis. I will use some of his (proofread) words below in quotation marks. "Many people choose not to delve into details of war as they might be shocking, traumatizing, and...
by KyivGuy
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on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 01:14 PM PST
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… … … … SPOILER ALERT! In 1984, I bought a videocassette recorder. No longer was my desire to watch a movie limited to (a) new releases at a movie theater, (b) movies that showed up later at the drive-in, and (c) movies that were broadcast on...
by disinterested spectator
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on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 06:18 AM PST
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Charlie Chaplin’s satirical anti-Hitler film “The Great Dictator” was released to theaters in 1940, but he began working on it in 1938. In 1938, no other entertainer was willing to express any opinion about Hitler, pro or con. Chaplin received letters...
by Perlinator
94 comments
on Mon Jan 08, 2024 at 06:05 PM PST
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… … … … SPOILER ALERT! The setting of Rear Window is an apartment complex that surrounds a courtyard, located in Greenwich Village, and taking place in the year this movie was made, which was 1954. As the movie opens, we are given a look at the part of...
by disinterested spectator
18 comments
on Sat Feb 10, 2024 at 04:04 AM PST
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