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Film DVD Review

Funny Face

by Barbara Herman

[25.Mar.09] :. Heterosexual coupling wins the day, but the relationship that really counts in this film is between the two people who aren’t in love with each other, but rather with fashion.

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Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 1

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Oct.08] :. Day One - A trip back to the classic days of studio system Hollywood, complete with great musicals, amazing adventure yarns, and a couple of post-modern freak outs, just to keep things controversial and lively.

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs

 

Film DVD Review

Funny Face

by Mehera Bonner

[17.Dec.07] :. For all its stylistic achievements, Funny Face ultimately is a story about finding a balance between brains and beauty, and eventually rejects both and settles for love.

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PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own Feature

Part 1: Pure Classicism

by PopMatters Staff

[18.Jun.07] :. In its infancy, the cinematic artform went through some formidable technological and stylistic changes. The ten DVDs discussed here highlight the very definition of the Golden Age of filmmaking.

PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own

 
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Film DVD Review

Essential Classics - American Musicals (1945)

by Michael Buening

[27.Apr.07] :. This is a conformist America as it was defining itself in the mid 20th century, a young superpower looking backwards for grounding. The characters are brash and loud and charismatic.

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