the passionate moviegoer

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

Monday, August 12, 2013

cinema obscura: Martin Ritt's "Five Branded Women" (1960)

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Silvana Mangano (far left) and fellow prisoners Jeanne Moreau, Vera Miles, Carla Gravina and Barbara Bel Geddes face off with Nazi Richar...
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Thursday, August 01, 2013

cinema obscura: Marc Klein's "Suburban Girl" (2007)

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  A sense of discovery, what used to be among the more simple pleasures in one's moviegoing life, has become such a rare and fleeting ...
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Thursday, July 04, 2013

tec

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Morton DaCosta's screen credit for "Auntie Mame" (1958) Now is the time to praise Morton DaCosta. This hugely underrated ...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

.....................unwanted child.....................

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a series of essays devoted to Peter Bogdanovich's fabulous 1975 film musical, "At Long Last Love." "Joe's pieces ...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

who's afraid of antoinette perry?

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"Can I have my Tom Hooper 'Les Mis' close-up, please? On Broadway, we don't need extreme closeups to prove that we'...
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