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Daily Archives: January 26, 2026
Classic Film Review: Laura Dern becomes a Star as “Rambling Rose” (1991)
A naive, hyper-sexualized Southern “wild child” makes an imprint on the pre-war Southern family where she comes to work and a son of the family comes of age in “Rambling Rose,” a florid, folksy and comically sexual period piece that … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “The Big Fake” finds Himself in Demand in Politically Roiled ’70s Italy
So a painter, a priest and their paisan partisan walk into a movie… That’s the hackneyed set-up of “The Big Fake,” a fictional, skips-over-a-lot-of-the-good-stuff Italian heist thriller about a real life art forger who came to fame during Italy’s turbulent, … Continue reading
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