the passionate moviegoer

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

Monday, June 27, 2011

ten years

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"Jack Lemmon has become the perfect personification of all harassed mankind - the outranked, outnumbered, outmanipulated little fellow...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

henry, alice & george

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The death of that Broadway ball of energy, Alice Playten (1947-2011), brought back a flood of memories of George Roy Hill's 1964 lark,...
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angel face

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Poised somewhere between Deborah Kerr and Elizabeth Taylor, between Kerr's reserved British demeanor and Taylor's affecting smolder...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

modern mediocrity & better stuff

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"Big Bang Theory" - the polar opposite of mediocre "Modern Family," the sitcom that apparently has been the answer to...
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Friday, April 08, 2011

cinema obscura: John Korty's "Alex and the Gypsy" (1976)

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I suppose that it's a sign of wavering faith when a studio goes through as many titles for a film as a moviegoer goes through popcorn....
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