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Venus (2006)
Director: Roger Michell By Marilyn Ferdinand Recently, on the occasion of Peter O’Toole’s birthday, my blog partner Rod announced on Facebook that O’Toole is his favorite living actor. One certainly...
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The Ladykillers (1955)
Director: Alexander Mackendrick By Marilyn Ferdinand To my mind, the Ealing Studios movie The Ladykillers is the most perfect comedy ever made. I acknowledge cinema’s many great comedies, both light...
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A Simple Life (Tao jie, 2011)
Director: Ann Hui By Marilyn Ferdinand “‘Tis a gift to be simple, ’tis a gift to be free.” Is a simple life a free, uncomplicated life, as the song “Simple Gifts” suggests? Or is a simple life one...
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I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015)
Director/Coscreenwriter: Brett Haley By Marilyn Ferdinand Media are very big on groups. Every generation has to have a name—the newest one is Generation Z (posing the question of what to do about...
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