Review: Gumshoe
[originally published in Movietone News, May/June 1972] “SAM SPADE: Ginley’s the Name—Gumshoe’s the Game.” After a year of psychoanalysis, brought on by his girlfriend’s marrying his brother and...
View Article“Gumshoe,”“Five,”“Our Man in Havana” and Martini Movies – DVDs for the Week...
What exactly is a “Martini Movie”? Sony hasn’t really explained the meaning behind the moniker it’s used to brand a collection of otherwise unrelated films from the Columbia Pictures catalogue. But...
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[Originally published in Film Comment Vol. 10 No. 6, November-December 1974] It’s a good idea to recall periodically no director at, say, RKO in the Forties ever passed a colleague on the lot and...
View Article‘Philomena’: On the Road With Judi Dench and Steve Coogan
Judi Dench and Steve Coogan A heartrending true story won’t get you everywhere in movies, but it can really help. And Philomena, based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by journalist and...
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