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Review of Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 May 1977

Minnie and Moskowitz could easily be retitled as “Men Who Yell at Gena Rowlands About Why They Should Be an Item”…

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Review of An American in Paris (1951)

By Howard Reich (1) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 03 Apr 1977

While not nearly the musical it's cracked up to be, this 1951 film is absolutely required viewing for anyone who wants to see the studio system…

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Review of The Body Snatcher (1945)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 01 Apr 1977

Literate, but not at the expense of the cinematic, THE BODY SNATCHER is one of Lewton's greatest works and contains what is arguably Karloff's…

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Review of Faces (1968)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 01 Feb 1977

This is one of the great alternative masterpieces of the American cinema. In many ways, Cassavetes' most important film…

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Review of The War of the Worlds (1953)

By David Mcdonnell (1) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 Oct 1976

As the perfect crystallization of 50s ideology the film would be fascinating enough, but the special effects in this 1953 George Pal production…

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Review of Gun Crazy (1950)

By John Petrakis (110) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 25 Aug 1976

Joseph H…

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Review of City Lights (1931)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 30 Apr 1976

The first great peak in City Lights, the boxing scene, may be the most brilliant single comedy sequence of his career, not least because of…

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Review of House of Wax (1953)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 21 Jan 1976

Characters are occasionally in physical danger (a young Charles Bronson, still billed as Charles Buchinsky, plays Jarrod’s mute muscle),…

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Review of To Catch a Thief (1955)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 22 Dec 1975

Thief is giddy with eye candy, but the scenery is always secondary to the screenplay, which well serves the blinding star-power on display…

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Review of The Holy Mountain (1973)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 18 Dec 1975

With Jodorowsky's meaning somewhat opaque, it's slightly tedious going, but you certainly get plenty to look at…

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Review of The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

By Mae Tinee (1) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 16 Dec 1975

Drags in places and deosn't even try for a true-to-life portrait of the great theatre entrepeneur but it's shiny and big spectacle with impressive…

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Review of Brigadoon (1954)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 07 Jul 1975

A classic - if not the classic - Minnelli musical, Brigadoon is an explicit statement about (and partial criticism of) the notion that an artist…

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Review of Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 02 Jun 1975

While some of the second-generation road movies are interesting, few have retained the hypnotic force of Two Lane Blacktop, an intense curio…

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Review of Funny Girl (1968)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 03 Feb 1974

Whatever its flaws, Funny Girl is one star vehicle that works perfectly for its subject…

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Review of Shaft (1971)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 12 Nov 1973

The new movie, like its predecessor, is a crime thriller with a moral viewpoint, an eye and ear for street color and a taste for macho movie fantasy…

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Review of Point Blank (1967)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 03 May 1973

The lead character has been aptly renamed Walker, and, as played by Marvin in what may be the actor’s most emblematic performance, he strides…

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Review of On Dangerous Ground (1951)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 18 Jan 1973

Aided enormously by George Diskant's high contrast camerawork and by Bernard Herrmann's stunning score, which emphasises the hunt motif in…

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Review of The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 15 Nov 1971

Thanks to a skillful combination of some sensational African hunting scenes, a musical score of rich suggestion and a vivid performance by…

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Review of West Side Story (1961)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 10 Sep 1971

West Side Story has a nonpareil set of songs and dances, with ecstatic, exuberant, wonderful music by Leonard Bernstein and witty or heart-tearing…

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Review of National Velvet (1945)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 26 Aug 1971

Indeed, in its simple comprehension of the faith and affection of youth it is likely more tender and affecting than even the story of Lassie…

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