When noir was noir
[Originally published in Seattle Weekly, July 21, 1999; written in anticipation of a noir package on Turner Classic Movies] The great French director Jean Renoir, obliged to become a great American...
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Everybody gets to gripe about the Academy Awards. Sometimes it’s a matter of “How could you nominate that mess for anything but oblivion?” Sometimes it’s disbelief at a great performance or great...
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Touch of Evil (Universal, Blu-ray) – Orson Welles’ baroque border town murder mystery is a wild masterpiece, a sleazy, grimy, jittery, and ultimately dazzling work of cinematic magic. It’s considered...
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