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Classic Film Review: The Sexual Sensory Overload of “Black Narcissus” (1947)

Long regarded as “the most beautiful film ever shot in color,” Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s “Black Narcissus” remains a feast for the eyes, one unspoiled by the knowlege that most every dazzling image put on the screen was manipulated, … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Britain’s “Best International Feature” Oscar hope is an Indian Police Procedural — “Santosh”

American TV has pretty much beaten to death the police procedural drama thanks to overexposure to the infallible, unimpeachable justice system fantasies of Dick Wolf, the self-righteous heroes of “Blue Bloods” and and the scientist sleuths of “C.S.I.” That’s why … Continue reading

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