Tag: 1960s
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You Can’t Take Your Eyes Off Melina Mercouri in ‘Topkapi’
Jules Dassin’s breezy caper is technically an ensemble movie, but nobody captures your attention as much as Mercouri.
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‘How to Steal a Million’ is Frivolous Fun
You’d forget this 1966 caper if not for Audrey Hepburn’s and Peter O’Toole’s affable performances.
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Good Vibes, Bad Vibes in ‘The Endless Summer’
The myopia of Bruce Brown’s groundbreaking surf-culture documentary is alternately pleasant and rancid.
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‘Come Drink with Me’: An Essential Wuxia Thriller
It also memorably features Cheng Pei-pei playing who many consider cinema’s first woman action heroine.
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‘The Story of a Three-Day Pass’: An Early Triumph for Melvin Van Peebles
Van Peebles would only get bigger — and bolder.
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Small Gestures, Big Problems in ‘Charulata’
On Satyajit Ray’s masterful romantic drama.
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Crown Jewels
You like living inside ‘The Thomas Crown Affair.’
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Favorite Discoveries of 2023
The best movies I watched this year not released in 2023.
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Odds & Ends: November 2023
Notes from the last month.
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The Bold and Bawdy Sex Comedy of ‘Vixen!’
Russ Meyer’s commercial breakthrough is a fascinating nexus point in his career.
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Odds & Ends: October 2023
Halloween movies, 2023 edition.
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‘The Witch’s Mirror’: Inventive, To-the-Point Gothic Horror from Mexico
This 75-minute movie makes so many narrative pivots that it can feel like several films in one. That isn’t a bad thing.
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