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March 4, 2013When I started my column in the mid 1980s, I went overboard to try to be bratty and make waves, until quickly changing my tone and aiming mudballs only at the truly deserving.
Well, two of my early victims were Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfied, who were extremely visible together as a couple at ma ... More >>
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January 30, 2013Blogs
May 3, 2012The blockbuster superhero flick Marvel's The Avengers is already becoming best known for its effects, battles, and fierce uniforms and accessories--and it doesn't even open here till tomorrow.
But what about the dialogue?
Yeah, it's not exactly Billy Wilder, but still there are some good verbal ex ... More >>
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June 2, 2011As we've reported previously, the white halter dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch -- you know, the one in that iconic subway grate scene -- will soon be up for sale by an L.A. auction house. The dress, currently owned by Debbie Reynolds, is worth an estimated $1 to $2 million ... More >>
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November 17, 2010Blogs
October 13, 2010Hey, what's going on with the Chilean miners right now? Because you know this is all you're going to be talking about at that cocktail party/dinner at home/after-work drinks sesh with your buds. Be the one with the info that matters!
Voice Choices
July 20, 2010Norma Desmond is ready for her close-up again
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December 15, 2009Blogs
November 12, 2009There have been so many good movies made about drunks, you wonder why booze can inspire so many artists while ruining so many lives.
No matter. My personal favorites are:
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October 9, 2009Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives
August 5, 1965, Vol. X, No. 42
Films
By Andrew Sarris
I return to the subject of "WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT?" mainly because I fear the concerted effort to brainwash the public into thinking that "Pussycat" is an unspeakably bad movie may b ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 29, 2009Voice Choices
August 25, 2009Get 'em while they're hot
Film
April 29, 2009Directors in the twilight of their careers
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April 29, 2009Marilyn Monroe was always late for everything, but as Billy Wilder once said, it was worth waiting for her. What's more, Marilyn had a deep-rooted psychological reason for her tardiness; having been discarded and treated badly as a child, she now wanted to punish mankind one person at a time.
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April 24, 2009"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up,"In 1950, two instant classics about the cruelty of show business, both starring older dames, went at it for Best Picture. Joe Mankiewicz's All About Eve--starring Bette Davis as an aging actress whose entire life is usurped by an unctuous fan--clob ... More >>
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October 29, 2008Film
July 2, 2008Bridging the gap between hero and antihero, Holden was no typical golden boy
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January 2, 2007Billy Wilder's hard-boiled muckracker can't be bothered with the facts in this strikingly prescient diatribe
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December 5, 2006Celebrating Tinseltown composer and musical innovator Franz Waxman
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November 21, 2006Spencer Tracy and the studio that made him
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September 5, 2006A pair of sunshine noirs go in search of Hollywood's heart of darkness
Screens
August 22, 2006Screens
May 30, 2006NYC Life
January 31, 2006Strangers on a train: She enters the cabin at Naples. I smile and nod, wondering if I should've shaved.
Film
January 3, 2006Wilder at heart: Cola versus communism in Cagney's good-natured Cold War comedy
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December 13, 2005Film
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