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The Simpsons, 'Radio Bart' Part 2: 'Ace in the Hole' and Jessica McCllure
'Radio Bart' may not offer any solutions, but it manages to compress an extraordinary amount of media history, compassion, manipulation and cynicism into a sharp, quick and funny 20-minutes or so.
14 Feb 2010
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Sunset Boulevard, Roman Holiday & Sabrina
Three of the greatest films you’ll ever see have been sumptuously repackaged, here. This is cause for joy. Celebration, even.
29 Jan 2009
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The Apartment
A cautionary tale about business, fidelity and ethics that is skillfully wrapped under the guise of light entertainment.
Kate Williams
12 Feb 2008
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Ace in the Hole
While we like to think that every modern malady is new to our particular generation, a film like this reminds us that many of life's troubles have their foundation in past, not present trends.
20 Aug 2007
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard is the best gothic film never made by Alfred Hitchcock. It still resonates as a comment upon our obsession with celebrity and the price that obsession exacts upon our lives and the lives of those we perpetually idolize and, on occasion, have forgotten entirely.
Marc Acherman
01 Oct 2006
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Billy Wilder's 'Stalag 17': Special Collector's Edition (1952)
Stalag 17 is a Billy Wilder movie, so there's a darker side to the shenanigans, but it's also a post-war Hollywood blockbuster.
Michael Buening
04 Apr 2006
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