the passionate moviegoer
a fan's notes by joe baltake devoted to movies neglected and mostly misunderstood
Thursday, May 25, 2017
character counts: John Goodman
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Although he had early screen roles in "Sweet Dreams" and "Revenge of the Nerds," I first took note of the remarkable c...
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Friday, May 19, 2017
indelible moment: "North by Northwest"
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Hitchcock's compulsively watchable masterpiece, "North by Northwest" (1959), contains any number of memorable moments. Hell...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
"Our special tonight is roasted partridge with a lemongrass coulis, served with a goat cheese marmalade": "the dinner," acerbic and brutal
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With his highly polarizing new film, "The Dinner," Oren Moverman has handily fashioned a rather brutal, fully-deserved attack on...
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Friday, April 21, 2017
what ever/whatever
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As Ryan Murphy's "Feud," arguably the quintessential Guilty Pleasure, winds down, there are questions and concerns that have...
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Sunday, April 16, 2017
horton's affection for life's unremarkable people
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Arguably, Horton Foote (1916-2009) was America's premiere regional playwright, a poet who appreciated the underdog and the forgotten,...
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