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Smoking Saved My Life: A Skinny Jewish Kid Comes of Age in the Haze of American Violence

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Smoking Saved My Life: A Skinny Jewish Kid Comes of Age in the Haze of American Violence

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/ 27 January 2021

As cool as Marlon Brando, James Dean, Jack Kerouac or Dalton Trumbo, rebel Max "Flaco" Greenbaum grows up in Watts Riots-Vietnam-draft-era L.A. Too smart (and smart-mouthed) for school, the violence of this world is drawn in deep and lingers like the long, slow, life-saving drag of a cigarette.

The 10 Best One-and-Done Directors

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The 10 Best One-and-Done Directors

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/ 15 April 2015

Not every filmmaker gets a chance to make their career as a director. Here are ten individuals who tried, and then never sat behind the lens again.

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‘J. Edgar Goes to the Movies’ Illuminates Our Times

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/ 2 October 2012

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Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

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/ 19 March 2009