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Movie Genres: Comedy–Best of this Century–Bridesmaids (2011)
April 22, 2023 by
Femme-driven, Bridesmaids was a richly realized and consistently laugh-out-loud comedy.
Paris in Spring (1935): Lewis Milestone Musical, Starring Tullio Carminati and Mary Ellis
February 20, 2023 by
Lewis Milestone was assigned Paris in Spring, a romantic musical farce. Leading man Tullio Carminati had just completed the operetta-like One Night of Love (1934) with Grace Moore at Columbia studios. Paramount paired their own Mary Ellis with Carminati, and it was Milestone’s task to make a picture rivaling the Columbia success. Aside from a […]
Passages: Sundance Film Fest 2023–Highlights
February 13, 2023 by
A German film director (Franz Rogowski), his English husband (Ben Whishaw) and a Frenchwoman (Adèle Exarchopoulos) form a strange love triangle in this wise, bitterly funny work from indie auteur Ira Sachs. Sharply observed and superbly played, it’s a chronicle of romantic and erotic chaos that has become more common in recent years. xosotin chelseathông […]
New American Cinema: Innovation/Creativity–Narrative, StyleVs. Recycling
The years of 1967-1971 were conducive to innovation, in many ways comparable to the years of 1959-1963 in France, with the French New Wave.