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Robert Towne Was A Master For the Ages; the obit for IndieWire

Towne and Jack Nicholson (here as Jake Gittes in "Chinatown") met in an acting class in the Sixties

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Saoirse Ronan, in "The Outrun", "Rides It Like A Soldier"

Saoirse Ronan, in "The Outrun", "Rides It Like A Soldier"

Who here can stomach a medium-grade blast of positivity? I ask because the current entertainment climate, as depicted by blogger Ted Gioia in a post this week, is trending away from hopefulness and joy. “The pop culture audience today,” he notes, “craves darkness and dysfunction.” The mission of today’s

The film says: “It Ends With Us”; The Cast Says, “Don’t You Start With Me”

The film says: “It Ends With Us”; The Cast Says, “Don’t You Start With Me”

One thing I can tell you, that Blake Lively sure can swim. Before we get into the squabbling referenced in the headline above, let’s just be clear on that. It’s a minor part of a skill set that’s making her a full-on star the old-fashioned way—she’

"Twisters": If You Feel It, Chase It

"Twisters": If You Feel It, Chase It

A friend of mine once inquired, while contemplating one of those movies in which cars crack up on (and off) the country backroads, “Why does it lift the human spirit to see a car flying off a bridge?” In that vein, I herewith go off-road into a recommendation of an

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