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Review of Death Proof (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 22 May 2007

Despite some benefits in sequences that feature Zoe Bell, the new cut, which is 111 minutes (and not 127 as listed in the program), also brings…

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Review of Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 May 2007

Paying tribute to the 1956 French classic, and containing lyrical moments and graceful stylistic touches of its own, Hou's first French-language…

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Review of Tea and Sympathy (1956)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 May 2007

Though stale, betraying its theatrical origins (Kazan did it on stage), Minnelli's version still reflects the sexual and social anxieties of…

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Review of Christopher Strong (1933)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 May 2007

At the time, Arzner's film was not well-received, but later, feminists and other critics reexamined the incoherent saga in terms of gender…

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Review of Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 May 2007

MGM's bland musical biopics about Kern distorts basic facts, and lacks energy and imagination; the only good sequences feature Judy Garland…

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Review of Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 May 2007

A product of its time, DeMille's epic spectacle has preposterous plot but the undersea effects are good and so are the performances; hard to…

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Review of Georgia Rule (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 May 2007

Three talented women--Fonda, Huffman, Lohan--are totally wasted in this disappointingly written and acted chick flick that can't decide if…

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Review of The Comancheros (1961)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 05 May 2007

Wayne is decent, but this is a compromised Western due to the fact that ailing director Michael Curtiz (it's his last film) has no appreciation…

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Review of Touch of Evil (1958)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 05 May 2007

One of Welles masterpieces (his first American film in years), this noir thriller of drugs and corruption served as reminder to Hollywood what…

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Review of The High and the Mighty (1954)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 02 May 2007

A forerunner of the disaster movies, this cliche John Wayne blockbuster could be described as Grand Hotel in the Air…

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Review of Lucky You (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 01 May 2007

Neither exciting as a poker-game film nor compelling as a Vegas romantic melodrama, Hanson's latest effort is a major disappointment, a dull…

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Review of The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 30 Apr 2007

More valuable as historical than artistic work, George Stevens' reverential Broadway-to-Hollywood transfer is marred by the weak lead performance…

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Review of Days of Wine and Roses (1963)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 29 Apr 2007

Except for the (fake) ending, this is one of Hollywood's best films about the devastating effects of alcoholism, going beyond Wilder's Lost…

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Review of The Hip Hop Project (2006)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 29 Apr 2007

Though burdened by a need to be uplifting, this commendable docu offers a slick yet affecting look at some aspiring inner-city youngsters,…

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Review of Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 29 Apr 2007

Emotional cruelty through sexual manipulation is the rule of the game of this smooth transfer of Christopher Hampton's witty play, with an…

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Review of The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 28 Apr 2007

One of the first films to depict crime from the POV of the deviants rather than the police, this seminal film (arguably Huston's best) had…

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Review of Curse of the Starving Class (1994)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 25 Apr 2007

A cast of eccentric charcater actors (James Woods, Kathy Bates) brings class but no emotional resonance to Sam Shepard's 1977 play, an ironic…

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Review of The Crying Game (1992)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 25 Apr 2007

Neil Jordan's daring, mesmerizing film combines a Hitchcockian thriller and a spellbinding love story with a twist set against intriguing political…

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Review of Away from Her (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 25 Apr 2007

Actress Polley makes a remarkable feature debut with a subtle, complex, beautifully acted tale of the effects of Alzheimer's on one durable…

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Review of Risky Business (1983)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 24 Apr 2007

Paul Brickman makes a splashy debut with a stylish youth satire that conveys more vividly Reagonomics and the corrupt and decadent decade of…

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