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A Comedy of Murders: Chaplin, Monsieur Verdoux, and Black Comedy
By Stephen Winer
When the world’s favorite comedian asked his audience to see him as a sociopathic serial killer, he was venturing where cinema had barely dared to tread. Read more »
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Remembering Donald Richie
By Peter Cowie
The writer shares his memories of his friendship with the great writer and Japanese cinema expert, who passed away this week. Read more »
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Ten (sixteen, actually) Reasons I Love
Two-Lane BlacktopBy Richard Linklater
01 Because it’s the purest American road movie ever. 02 Because it’s like a drive-in movie directed by a French new wave director. 03 Because the only thing that can get between a boy and his car obsession is a girl, and Laurie Bird perfectly . . . Read more »
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“A Metaphor for Our World”
By Costa-Gavras
Z director Costa-Gavras’s thoughts on La haine. Read more »
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TheLe plaisir star is ninety-five. Read more »
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A Lecture
By Hollis Frampton
With a projector, a screen, some red cellophane, a pipe cleaner, and this script, you can re-create this performance piece by Hollis Frampton. Read more »
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Letters from John: Getting to Know the Author of Anatomy of a Murder
By Stephen Winer
The writer reflects on the decades-long creative collaboration and friendship between his father, playwright and television writer Elihu Winer, and John Voelker, judge and author. Read more »
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Dukie
By Robert Traver
Author John Voelker (a.k.a. Robert Traver) met musician Duke Ellington on the set of Anatomy of a Murder; he wrote this piece about the experience for the Detroit News Sunday Magazine in 1967. Read more »
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