Waay slow (again) on the repair, but Jorge Drexler, the composer and singer of the Oscar-winning song “El otro lado del rio”, from The Motorcycle Diaries, is from Uruguay, not Argentina.
All Hail Tom White, Taciturn Hero of “Killers of the Flower Moon”Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Dead-End Insanity of “Nomadland”Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Mia Farrow’s Best Performances?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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Hedren’s 94thTwo days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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Criminal ProtagonistsA friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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“‘Moby-Dick’ on Horseback”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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