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French Connection 1 & 2

by Jesse Hassenger

[16.Mar.09] :. Watching the original with its sequel draws attention to the subtle but inarguably greater care Friedkin brought to the earlier film.

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Rebecca

by Stephen Snart

[21.Nov.08] :. If I had to pinpoint one reason for Rebecca’s prestige it is precisely this: the film’s interest in the natural over the supernatural and the emotional over the sensational.

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Column: Canon Fodder

American Film Theatre

by Michael Barrett

[18.Jul.08] :. In what might be called the curse of Chekhov, the common setting is a living room, the common characters a family, and the common dynamic a stew of bitter backbiting and recrimination that ultimately gives the lie to Tolstoy, because here each unhappy family seems perfectly alike.

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The John Frankenheimer Collection

by Marco Lanzagorta

[29.Feb.08] :. The rather complex ideological issues and unique sense of aesthetics that Frankenheimer infused in his films can be fully appreciated in this collection.

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John Frankenheimer boxed set shows top director at work

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[29.Jan.08] :. To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield, movie director John Frankenheimer doesn’t get much respect. Film historian David Thomson, in his “New Biographical Dictionary of Film,” dismisses...

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Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Feb.05] :. The film's primary appeal is the bizarre turn by Noel Coward as Wilson (one of several 'eccentrics' the film trots out to otherize London even as it pathologizes at least one of the yanks).

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The Manchurian Candidate: Special Edition (1962)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jul.04] :. The Manchurian Candidate throws into horrific relief a chaotic sense of U.S. national identity.

 

Black Sunday (1977)

by Chris Robé

[14.Oct.03] :. John Frankenheimer's 'Black Sunday' serves as something of a transition between 'New Hollywood' and the more spectacular films that came later.

 

Reindeer Games (2000)

by P. Nelson Reinsch

The spirit of world class schlock-horror promoter William Castle was in the theater recently, during a preview screening of Pitch Black, as flashlights were given to a number of audience members.