I’ve seen Terrence Malick‘s The New World three times — the 150-minute version that screened for the press in late ’05 (just once), and the shorter 135-minute version that opened in early ’06 (twice). But I’ve never seen the 172-minute extended cut that came out on DVD on 10.14. I’ve simply been too lazy to pick it up. I have the reviews, of course, but can anyone pass along some non-pro thoughts?
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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