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Gounod’s ‘Faust’, Coriolanus, We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Wind and March...
by Sam Juliano The countdown for Christmas Day 2011 is now nearing the single digits, and holiday shopping is at a peak at a time when the weather has at least been cooperative. The action at Wonders...
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Shubhajit Lahiri: ‘Cinemascope’s’ tireless ‘King of the Capsule’
Shubhajit Laheri, Cinemascope’s tireless film scholar by Sam Juliano Note: This is the tenth feature in an ongoing series devoted to creative bloggers who have made their mark online. The movie...
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Mother India – 1957, Mehboob Khan
by Allan Fish (India 1957 160m) DVD1/2 Aka. Bharat Mata From a village where the stars twinkle p uncredited d Mehboob Khan w Mehboob Khan, S.Ali Razu, Vajahat Mirza ph Faredoon A.Irani ed...
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An announcement for a Sunday project – and a bit of fun…
by Allan Fish In response to all the hoo-ha! about the onset of that hellish time known as awards season, and following Joel’s departure leaving a gap on Sundays, I propose a new series to run on...
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‘The Green House’ by Mario Vargas Llosa (1966)
by Jaime Grijalba. It’s been almost a year since I talked about the books of the peruvian Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, and many new readers, and I’m sure that most of the old ones as well,...
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Getting People Over the Beatles: A Series Examining the Greats of British...
by Jamie While I had thought to have two rather massive posts this and next week to wrap up the remaining Shoegazer/Dream Pop bands that I’d wanted to cover, it’s become impossible for me to do so this...
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Pyaasa – 1957, Guru Dutt
by Allan Fish (India 1957 141m) DVD1/2 How can I sing of joy and live in pain? p Guru Dutt d Guru Dutt w Abrar Alvi ph V.K.Murthy ed Y.G.Chawhan m/ly Sachin Dev Burman, Sahir Ludhianvi art...
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A Separation – 2011, Ashgar Farhadi
by Allan Fish (Iran 2011 121m) DVD1/2 Aka. Jodaeiye Nazer az Simin A trip to the doctor’s p Ashgar Farhadi d/w Ashgar Farhadi ph Mahmoud Kalari ed Hayedeh Safayari m Sattar Oraki art...
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Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough: “Ghost in the Shell” on Page...
By Bob Clark Masamune Shirow is a curious mangaka to study in terms of the total body of his career. Today, he’s mostly known for the franchises of anime films and television series his comics have...
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The Legends: At Land, Scorpio Rising, Cat’s Cradle • (Fixing a Hole:...
by Joel Two weeks ago, I turned the “Fixing a Hole” series over to Maurizio Roca. However, he indicated that he did not want to pick it up until January, so as December was left unclaimed, and I like...
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Film as a Subversive Art: Hallucinations, Bells of Atlantis, Aos • (Fixing a...
by Joel Fixing a Hole is a series whose purpose is to cover films not yet discussed on Wonders in the Dark. This month’s theme is the avant garde. Check out this list for the hundreds of films included...
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The Nutcracker, The Big Parade, Possession, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and...
by Sam Juliano Santa Claus has really been making his rounds the past week in small towns and in the biggest stores, but he is conserving much of his energy for Sunday, when his reindeer will be...
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Mughal-e-Azam – 1960, Karim Asif
by Allan Fish (India 1960 195m) DVD2 A pretty petrel p Karim Asif d Karim Asif w Karim Asif, Aman, Kamal Amrohi, Ehsan Rizvi, Wajahat Mirza ph R.D.Mathur ed Dharamvir m Naushad art...
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Two of a Kind: Henri-Georges Clouzot’s ‘Quai Des Orfèvres’
Copyright © 2011 by James Clark Henri-Georges Clouzot as a Christmas fabulist? Well, his Quai des Orfèvres (1947) does race over a Christmas time-frame. But where is the “peace on earth, goodwill...
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Penda’s Fen – 1974, Alan Clarke
(UK 1974 88m) not on DVD Balance of the mind p David Rose d Alan Clarke w David Rudkin ph Michael Williams ed Henry Fowler art Michael Edwards Spencer Banks (Stephen Franklin), Georgine...
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (It May Be Your Last): Harman &...
by Bob Clark Of all the early pioneers of animation in Hollywood, perhaps none have gone so unduly forgotten as Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. The crucial part they played in the genesis in many of the...
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What’s in a Name?: The Girl Chewing Gum, Rabbit, A Walk Through H • (Fixing a...
We began avant-garde month by defying language – with silent films whose currency was visual, whose ideograms were images. Today we openly confront, pull apart, and reassemble language, on a kind of a...
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Scrooge – 1951, Brian Desmond-Hurst
by Allan Fish (UK 1951 86m) DVD1/2 Aka. A Christmas Carol Are there no prisons, are there no workhouses? p Brian Desmond Hurst d Brian Desmond Hurst w Noel Langley story “A Christmas Carol” by...
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War Horse, Pina, Margaret, A Separation, Dragon Tattoo, Tin Tin and Charity...
by Sam Juliano I was awakened at around 2:30 P.M. on Sunday morning by a loud crashing sound on the roof of my home. I immediately realized that our expected visitors had arrived with several sacks of...
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‘The Cubs’ by Mario Vargas Llosa (1967)
by Jaime Grijalba. Well, that wasn’t long, was it? Just as this review, that may feel a bit short to some, but it has a reason to be that way. Anyway, I feel like I have to repay you after all this...
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