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Ivy (1947)
In the "Noir by Gaslight" series at the Criterion Channel this month: Joan Fontaine goes bad in a great way
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Bye-bye Babylon
“If people know more about a story, then it’s their responsibility to keep putting what they know into the conversation.” —John Sayles, interviewed in…
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The Clarence Brown Film Festival in Knoxville
The Siren will be in Tennessee to celebrate the life and work of one of MGM's most valued directors.
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Silent Movie Week at MoMA, Starring Stella Dallas
“Stel-LA!!!”
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Bluebeard at the Movies
A look at how Classic Hollywood spun a classic plot
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Kenneth Anger Is Dead
De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est—speak no ill of the dead is the ancient wisdom. That’s my social-media policy. Mostly. Oh all right, I indulged…
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Frank and Hedy
The tale of a movie that didn't take
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Restored Masterpiece From Argentina Screens Online This Weekend
Mario Soffici's Prisioneros de la Tierra (1939) is available free of charge via VOD, April 8–11, thanks to The Film Foundation
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