the passionate moviegoer

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

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

cinema obscura: annoyingly altmanesque

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Robert Altman in 1978, directing Mia Farrow and Vittorio Gassman in "A Wedding."  Not good. As a working critic, I was often ...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

HBO and the bane of 'edge'

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Lena Dunham, HBO's poster girl It came as little surprise to learn this week that Michael Lombardo is leaving his current post...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

elvis & ann & george & janet

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The curious split-screen finale of "Viva Las Vegas" In "My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business: A Memoir" (Thre...
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Friday, April 22, 2016

cinema obscura: prince's "under the cherry moon" (1986)

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The death of Prince brings to mind his misunderstood movie masterwork, "Under the Cherry Moon," released by Warner Bros. in 1986...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

... and, now, about kelly...

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Michael Strahan may be ABC's superhero, but the personality who’s really indispensable in the very strange world of Daytime Televisio...
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