Monthly Archives: November 2003

TALKING PICTURES: SOUL MAN

By | November 2003

Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This week, Leonard Maltin—social revolutionary—talks about cogs, farm animals, and Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times…”

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TALKING PICTURES: SOUL MAN

Charlie Chaplin and Leonard Maltin go way back. According to the famously-amiable movie critic whom most people know from TV (“Entertainment Tonight,”...

PETER FONDA SHOWS HIS “HIRED HAND”

One of the more dramatic resurrections in recent cinema history has seen Peter Fonda bring back his debut film as director, The Hired Hand. A gorgeous and...

PETER FONDA SHOWS HIS “HIRED HAND

He really has become a legend among character actors. Fonda: Well, for all those people who are fans of Warren Oates, it’s called the “Collector’s...

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BROADCAST QUALITY

Balls, man. Humongous steel balls. That’s what Aaron Raskin has, for doing a short digital film like “Broadcast Quality” that literally has something...

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THE DEMO CREW

As we grow older, assuming we make it that far, friendships inevitably change: friends get married, or move away, or have a bunch of annoying children....

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CLARK, THE CANADIAN HOCKEY GOALIE

Armed with a well-to-do character and a catchy theme song (played during the end credits), “Clark, The Canadian Hockey Goalie” is the kind of comedy...

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STEALING INNOCENSE

Cliffsnotes provides all relevant facts and themes of a literary work for the student who doesn’t have the time, patience, or willingness to read the 200...

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THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS

If "Matrix Revolutions" was a hardcore porno film, it would be a succession of "money" shots. Not in my memory has a film been filled with a succession of...

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HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT

If you’re one of those Americans who can’t find enough reasons to be pissed off at our government, here’s another one for ya. John H. Smihula’s...

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IN THE CUT

Critics may as well pen reviews of Jane Campion's new film in disappearing ink. The movie will be forgotten before most of them are ever read. Where to...

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