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(Almost) All the Stuff I Wrote for the Washington Post This Week
For paid subscribers, three movie reviews and an appreciation of the late, great Donald Sutherland. From the Washington Post.
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Roger Corman: A Filmmaker in Full
A talk with author and film historian Chris Nashawaty about the legacy of the B-movie king and mentor to a generation.
Stars
Who's the Next Brando? Nobody.
Intuitive and intense, Marlon Brando rewrote the rules of acting and inspired generations of imitators. Where did they go?
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Joe Flaherty 1941-2024
Remembering a consummate comedy team player. Plus: one of 2023's best movies comes to VOD.
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William Friedkin 1935-2023
The devil of the New Hollywood generation has exited the stage.
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Paul Reubens 1952-2023
Pee-wee, we hardly knew ye.
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One Good Film: "Little Murders" (1971)/R.I.P. Alan Arkin
Remembering a great actor by a bleakly prescient comedy he directed.
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Glenda Jackson 1936-2023
A lion of stage, screen, and Labour politics departs.
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Two Passings
Commemorating Jim Gabriel, a cineaste you didn't know, and Pema Tseden, a filmmaker you should.
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Father, Christmas
Some notes on the prism of holiday memories.
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Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948-2022
The mother of alternative comics has a thousand daughters.
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Lucia Small 1963-2022
Farewell to a beloved Boston filmmaker whose work deserves a wider audience.