Month: February 2014
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Movie Review: “The Monuments Men” (George Clooney, USA/Germany 2014)
Let’s pretend for a moment that George Clooney’s directing career were his real career. Let’s ignore his stardom and look at what he’s done as a filmmaker. In 2002, Clooney exploded onto the scene with a surprisingly assured and visually audacious debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (USA/Germany/Canada). Having a Charlie Kaufman screenplay based on…
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Movie Review: “Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse” (Fritz Lang, Germany 1933)
This was Fritz Lang’s final film in Germany before he escaped to France and eventually the United States, fleeing the encroaching Nazi regime. When the film was released, Joseph Goebbels called Lang into his office to inform Lang that this film was being banned but also was so impressed with the film and Lang in…
Crowd of Full Pockets 