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  • Movie Review: “Soylent Green” (Richard Fleischer, USA 1973)

    Soylent Green (Richard Fleischer, USA 1973) is one of those rare films that became so much a part of popular culture that the film itself disappeared under its own mythology, like The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, USA 1939). People who not only have never watched the film but never would do so can quote,…

  • Review: “Erin Brockovich” (Steven Soderbergh, USA 2000)

    Erin Brockovich was one of two Steven Soderbergh films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in 2001, the other being Traffic (Germany/USA 2000). At the time, Erin Brockovich was the film that got the most attention, largely centered on Julia Roberts for her Oscar victory, which, in the public’s mind, instantly changed her from a…

  • Movie Review: “Mirage” (Edward Dmytryk, USA 1965)

    While Edward Dmytryk’s name is not well-known now, he was in his day a celebrity director. He was perhaps the single most prominent member of the “Hollywood Ten,” a group of writers and directors who refused to answer questions in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) about alleged involvement with the Communist…