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Graduate, The (1967): Revisiting Nichols’ Timely and Timeless Satire?

November 7, 2026 By

Timely or Timeless: Revisiting Mike Nichols The Graduate, a seminal social satire, which, alongside with Bonnie and Clyde, heralded the arrival of the New American Cinema.

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Drummer Boy: Ben and Joel David Smallbone’s Patriotic, Christian Musical

Drummer Boy follows a young drummer boy, an enslaved woman and a divided family as they search for freedom during America’s fight for independence. 

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Graduate, The (1967): Revisiting Nichols’ Timely and Timeless Satire?

Timely or Timeless: Revisiting Mike Nichols The Graduate, a seminal social satire, which, alongside with Bonnie and Clyde, heralded the arrival of the New American Cinema.

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Godzilla Minus Zero: Sci-Fi Epic Dominates Box-Office

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, the movie takes place two years after the prior installment as Godzilla resurfaces to combat a new monster that’s tormenting postwar Japan.

Drummer Boy: Ben and Joel David Smallbone’s Patriotic, Christian Musical

Drummer Boy follows a young drummer boy, an enslaved woman and a divided family as they search for freedom during America’s fight for independence. 

Mountain Road, The (1960): Daniel Mann’s Somber, Dull WWII Movoe, Starring Jimmy Stewart

A rather somber treatment of WWII and the Second Sino-Japanese War, this movie includes themes that were taboo for Hollywood at the time

Pope of Greenwich Village, The (1984): Stuart Rosenberg’s Crime Dramedy, Starring Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke

This film was originally planned as the first on-screen pairing of De Niro and Pacino.