Repertory
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The Guilty (1947, Dir. John Reinhardt): The Film Noir Foundation, which holds the annual Film Noir Festival in San Francisco, has the noble goal of resuscitating films on 35mm: the…
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Coherence (2014, Dir. James Ward Byrkit): Yeah we’re playing those mind games together Projecting our images in space and in time — John Lennon Like the mysterious case of photographs that sparks the…
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"The Outfit" (1973) is one of the better adaptations based on Richard Stark's Parker thriller novels.
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Pearblossom Highway (2012, Dir. Mike Ott): As a screenwriter (more daydream than actual goal), I sometimes encounter an indie film that makes me think, “I would love to have this…
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Affliction (Dir. Paul Schrader, 1997): “To the audience of a tragedy, the catastrophe will seem, finally, to be inevitable.” So says the Brooklyn College English department, and you better believe…
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Woman of Straw (1964, Dir. Basil Dearden): If you’ve seen The Lavender Hill Mob, Kind Hearts and Coronets, or the original Ladykillers, you’re familiar with (and hopefully appreciate) the genteel…
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Haywire (2012, Dir. Steven Soderbergh): It’s not often that you get a simple either-or proposition when it comes to enjoying a movie, so ready yourself: whether or not you like…
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“I Am a Ghost” (2012, Dir. H.P. Mendoza): According to H.P. Mendoza, it all started with a second viewing of The Sixth Sense, and the twinge of disappointment he felt at…
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Arabesque (1965, Dir. Stanley Donen): Once upon a time, froth was not only a fun thing but a good thing. You know, back before diets, back when silly could be…
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Shutter Island (2010, Martin Scorcese): Martin Scorcese is cinema’s answer to U2 — both like to do things grand and often teeter on the thin line between operatic and overweening,…