Tag: Hollywood
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Not Much More than Magic in ‘Maestro’
In ‘Maestro,’ we’re left with an impression but not with an understanding of the main character.
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The New ‘Old’ Hollywood that is ‘Babylon’
‘Babylon’ is an exhilarating journey one has to brace themselves for
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Kate Called the Shots in ‘Call Me Kate’
‘Call Me Kate’ is for the fans. It’s an intimate account of an iconic film star.
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The Best for Last: Newman, Woodward, and ‘The Last Movie Stars’
With ‘The Last Movie Stars,’ filmmaker and fanboy Ethan Hawke cracks the facade of Hollywood’s last golden couple, but reveals a couple who were committed to each other before all else.
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The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes… It’s All Been Heard Before
The film basically says she was a lost cause from the start. We don’t get a sense of who Marilyn was.
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Hollywood: Netflix Tells the History of Movies That Never Was
To say Hollywood has had a troubled past is the understatement of the century. In Ryan Murphy’s (American Horror Story) new Netflix series, Hollywood, that past is confronted and even rewritten.
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Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971): Black cinema defying conventional Hollywood genre cinema
SPOILERS AHEAD. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song distinguished itself from Hollywood films of its time by introducing New Wave cinema storytelling methods into Black cinema.