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Daily Archives: October 23, 2024
Movie Review: Glenn Close stars in a “Beach Read” that might cure insomnia — “The Summer Book”
“The Summer Book” is a picturesque period piece based on a novel Tove Jannson wrote, inspired by her own experiences living on an island in the Gulf of Finland. It aims for “lyrical” and “meditative” as it tells the story … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: A Grifter Dramedy Urtext –“Elegant Beast” (1962)
Before “Parasite,” before “Shoplifters,” and even before “The Grifters,” there was the darkly comic Japanese morality play “Elegant Beast,” which makes the old W.C. Fields saying, “You can’t cheat an honest man” universal. Yûzô Kawashima’s 1962 film, titled “Shitoyakana kedamono,” … Continue reading
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