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"Rain" Reigns Supreme
In real life, people rarely burst into song, which is why musicals are superior to reality. Feeling “meh”? Wanna get happy, fast? Zhuzh...
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Oct 13 min
Heroes, Scandals & All That "Jazz"
In 1927, the Roaring Twenties became the Soaring Twenties. The year was an inflection point in history, when the Mod el T ceased...
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Sep 143 min
Fred Zinnemann
I once got an email from an 88-year-old man named George, praising an essay I’d written for The Washington Post . Coincidentally, I had...
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Sep 12 min
Broadway to Big-Screen Classics
Art imitates art pretty frequently on stage and screen. It’s as if one business is the farm team for the other, with constant talent...
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Aug 152 min
How to Speak Film Noir
Growing up in a small town, local culture consisted of a drive-in theater (which featured more naughty action in the back seat of any...
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