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Daily Archives: July 27, 2024
Preview: A Third “Day of the Jackal,” this time with Eddie Redmayne, this time a Series
When Frederick Forsythe wrote “The Day of the Jackal” in the early ’70s, professional assassin tales were a relatively rare thing. Likewise, when Fred Zinneman made his 1973 benchmark Euro-thriller film of the story of a killer rogue French right … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Aldo and Anne Bancroft in Tourneur’s “Nightfall” (1956)
Crackling dialogue, bluff, brittle performances and a plot riddled with “coincidences” and saddled with clumsy, chatty villains characterize “Nightfall,” a fin de noir thriller from Jacques Tourneur. It features linebacker-in-a-suit Aldo Ray as a commercial artist fleeing two murderous bank … Continue reading
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