Double Take: Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove (1964)
With its obvious satire of male aggression and its parallel with today's news headlines, why aren't students 'getting' this classic ultimate black comedy?
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Double Take: ‘Forrest Gump’ (1994)
You have to do the best with what God gave you. How well did Robert Zemeckis do with Forrest Gump? Double Take pries open this chocolate box of questionable taste.
Double Take: ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ (1969)
The two Steves at Double Take are often mistaken for Paul Newman and Robert Redford; so it's appropriate that they shoot it out over Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Double Take: ‘Children of Men’ (2006)
The future is a thing of the past. But all that could change in a heartbeat. Two Steves try to find it in a single Double Take.
Double Take: The African Queen (1951)
What a time they had, Charlie and Rosie. They'll never lack for stories to tell their grandchildren. And what a time we had at Double Take discussing the spiritual and romantic journey of the African Queen.
Double Take: The Graduate (1967)
Double Take climbs on the bus to who knows where: Swimming pools? Hotel rooms? Plastics? Scarborough Fair? The Graduate was '60s gold. How well does it seduce us today?
Double Take: Lost in Translation (2003)
As Bill Murray's character sings, "It was fun for awhile, but there's nothing more than this." Is there more to Sofia Coppola's 2003 character study? Double Take takes a look.
Double Take: ‘Fantasia’ Muses on Music
Fantasia stands alone as a virtuoso tribute to the virtuosity of its music.
Double Take: Marty (1955)
Paddy Chayefsky's adaptation of Marty may be a period piece, but it's a heck of a piece nonetheless.
Double Take: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Look at the faces on you, ya ding-a-lings! Double Take flies over the Cuckoo's Nest this week. Medication time, everyone.
Double Take: Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927)
With its cinematic action, expressionistic designs, and thematic muddle, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is an easy silent film to sell to contemporary audiences.
Double Take: Raising Arizona (1987)
There's what's right, and there's what's right, and never the twain shall meet. Double Take tries to meet in the middle of Raising Arizona, which was released this week 28 years ago.
