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Daily Archives: January 22, 2026
Classic Film Review: Peak “Nouvelle Vague,” Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows” (1959)
We remember the boy. Going on seventy years since “The 400 Blows” arrived on screens, one is still hard-pressed to think of a better performance by a child in a film. James Dean and Jean-Paul Belmondo defined “rebellious youth” on … Continue reading
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