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Feb 19, 2016

“I Confess” (1953) is new on Blu-ray from Warner Archive Collection. “The Wrong Man” was recently released on Blu-ray and DVD from the Warner Archive Collection. NOTE: This column contains spoilers. * * * * * A few days ago, in an excellent essay for RogerEbert.com, Glenn Kenny identified “The

Mardi Gras and movies: Easy riders, anthropomorphic frogs

Life

Feb 5, 2016

Ash Wednesday is just around the corner, and of course that means so is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras. New Orleans’ legendary Mardi Gras celebration has been depicted or used as a backdrop in scores of films, though surprisingly few depictions are of any great or enduring note. Abbott and Costello

Rickman, Bedford, and their 'Robin Hood' movies
- Life
- Jan 15, 2016
This week the world lost three English performers who were all film actors, although the first, David Bowie, was mainly a musician, and the other two, Alan Rickman and Brian Bedford, were Shakespearean stage actors before making any films. Only Rickman was best known as a film actor; Bedford, whose
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Thanksgiving leftovers: 'Pieces of April'
- Life
- Dec 4, 2015
Thanksgiving is over, but for Hulu users “Pieces of April” has just arrived. It’s also available to Amazon Prime users. Now a dozen years old, “Pieces of April” (2003) is one of the most endearing entries in the dysfunctional family Thanksgiving subgenre. Writer-director Peter Hedges specializes in hopeful stories about
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Can Muslims and Christians coexist? 'Of Gods and Men' offers an answer
- Life
- Nov 20, 2015
Last week’s Paris terror attacks, and then the renewed controversy over the Syrian refugee crisis and resistance to accepting Muslim refugees into the United States, reflects ongoing concerns about terrorism among Americans. But it also reflects, in some circles, animosity and suspicion toward Muslims in general, or even toward Islam itself.
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