In Don Siegel’s 1971 version of The Beguiled, Clint Eastwood‘s Corporal McBurney is desired by Geraldine Page‘s Martha, kisses Elizabeth Hartman‘s Edwina and has sex with Jo Ann Harris‘s Carol. In Sofia Coppola‘s upcoming, same-titled remake (Focus Features, 6.23), Nicole Kidman is Martha, Kirsten Dunst plays Edwina and Elle Fanning is Carol. Abstain, be chaste, respectful — you’ll never be sorry.
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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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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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