Tag: 1960s
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The Cautious Optimism of ‘The Big City’
‘The Big City’ is blunt about the professional and personal difficulties that come with shifting tides.
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More Scary Movies to Watch in the Dark
What I’m watching to get in the Halloween spirit.
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Summer Fun at the Movies
Some movies that remind me of summer.
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‘Peppermint Frappé’ Makes You Long for ‘Vertigo’
‘Peppermint Frappé’ is unsurprisingly not as good as its spiritual predecessor — any movie taking after Hitchcock’s masterpiece is foredoomed — but it isn’t by any means a shoddy-quality knockoff.
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‘Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?’ is a Fashion-Industry Satire Made by Insiders
‘Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?’ has an in-your-face, in-a-rush look.
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‘Mirage’ is Shockingly Dull
Shouldn’t a movie where everybody is trying to either deceive or kill the main character make us feel something?
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‘Jigoku’: From Hell
‘Jigoku’ is an hour-and-40-minute-long movie that could do without the first hour.
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Ghosts
On ‘The Trial’ and ‘The Immortal Story.’
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‘The Bride Wore Black’: Sweet Revenge
In which Jeanne Moreau becomes an angel of death.
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Tokyo Drifters
Two Seijun Suzuki movies — ‘Youth of the Beast’ and ‘Gate of Flesh’ — starring Joe Shishido.
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The Fragmentations of ‘Je T’aime, Je T’aime’
Alain Resnais tries out sci-fi.
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‘Massacre Gun’ is a By-the-Book Yakuza Thriller
But it’s steadily generous to the senses.
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