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Telle Bridge
When do movies about apartheid seem cold and passionless? When you have Richard Attenborough at the helm. Attenborough is an uninspiring director who makes uninspiring films. And, yes, that includes his multi-Oscar-winning GANDHI. After
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I’m Such a Sap
I’m such a sap. I truly am. I cry at the drop of a hat. As my best friend has jokingly told me for years, I cry at milk commercials. Whether that makes me
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Dead Already
As the world faced a new millennium, it took a British theater director, Sam Mendes, to expose the dirt and secrets beneath the white pickets fences and manicured lawns of suburbia with his the
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Wings On Our Heels
CHARIOTS OF FIRE, the sleeper hit of 1981, picked up speed and sprinted towards the finish line in the final laps of awards season. Bolstered by its hit soundtrack, the film emerged victorious, surprisingly
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Homecoming
“Best” is an apt word for THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES. The 1946 film won 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Fredric March), Best Director (William Wyler), and another for Hugo
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Mark Isham’s Invincible Suite
Mark Isham has given all us film score fans an early Christmas present. Few composers would take the time and effort to create suites of their unreleased film scores just for fans. But Isham is
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Lost in the Shuffle XXI
The theme of this week’s “Lost in the Shuffle” post is black. From the Caped Crusader and stop-motion Halloween hijinks to an unwilling assassin, a kidnapper, and the Devil, this week’s post looks at
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Mark Isham’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Suite
When I interviewed Mark Isham back in September, his new film, BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS, was currently hitting the festival circuit. The film, which is directed by Werner Herzog and stars Nicolas
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Lost in the Shuffle XX
This week’s “Lost in the Shuffle” features cues from five legendary film composers. Five distinctive voices and a couple of extraordinary tracks. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) – Far From Home/E.T. Alone [Audio clip: view
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Lost in the Shuffle XIX
It took nearly five months of “Lost in the Shuffle” posts, but it finally happened. Five films, all of which I’ve seen. One of them is quite good, the other four range in varying
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