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The Past You Can’t Escape: Strained Camaraderie in Elaine May’s ‘Mikey and Nicky’

/ 19 March 2019

Childhood friends are tricky. They're the friends you leave behind but can never completely escape. Elaine May conveys this with disruptive technique in Mikey and Nicky.

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Criterion Film Offerings: French Noir, Japanese Lovers, American Gangsters and Frames of Pure Serenity

Michael Barrett

/ 15 January 2019

Duvivier's Panique, Mizoguchi's A Story from Chikamatsu, Kiarostami's 24 Frames, and May's Mikey and Nicky are now available on Blu-ray from Criterion. Here's what you have to look forward to.

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The Past You Can’t Escape: Strained Camaraderie in Elaine May’s ‘Mikey and Nicky’

Criterion Film Offerings: French Noir, Japanese Lovers, American Gangsters and Frames of Pure Serenity

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