the passionate moviegoer

a fan's notes by joe baltake devoted to movies neglected and mostly misunderstood

Monday, February 03, 2020

encore! the film that defines me

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"This film is alive!" Henry Miller once said, "And it speaks to me." Movies have many voices. Some simply entertain...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

cinema obscura: Dorothy Malone's "Too Much, Too Soon" (1958)

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Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis. There are actresses about whom enough can't be said. Hepburn and Davis are inarguably two of them...
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Thursday, January 23, 2020

a fan's notes

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A trio of observations, pronouncements, insights or whatever... First up.. . "A Face in the Crowd," the compulsively biting...
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Monday, January 20, 2020

cinema obscura: J. Lee Thompson's "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!" (1965)

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No one would ever mistake J. Lee Thompson's "John Goldfarb, Please Come One" for a good movie. Aside from being director ...
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Saturday, January 04, 2020

salted

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Something different. A "cinema obscura" entry that's a true original - a modern screen comedy that compels one to continue s...
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