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"There Is No Formula"
John Huston on remakes
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December 2023

Gowns by Irene
A brief birthday tribute to a costume-design great
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November 2023

Anatomy of a Fall and Priscilla
The start of catching up with some prime entries from the New York Film Festival
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September 2023

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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August 2023

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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June 2023

Bluebeard at the Movies
A look at how Classic Hollywood spun a classic plot
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May 2023

April 2023

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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March 2023

Strike Up the Theme Songs, Part Two
The second half of the Siren's tribute to the art of the title tune
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