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DEATH ON THE NILE

February 12, 2022 By Leave a Comment

DEATH ON THE NILE

And so with DEATH ON THE NILE (2022), we learn about the man behind the moustaches. That would be Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s cerebral Belgian detective devoted to his “little grey cells” and keeping order in the world. The former gets short shrift, mention-wise, in this adaptation, while the latter rears its compulsive head in… Read More »

Tagged With: 1930s, book to screen, Delta Blues, Egpt, ile murder, remake, spurned lover

CAFÉ SOCIETY

July 23, 2016 By Leave a Comment

CAFÉ SOCIETY

There is a theological bent to Woody Allen’s CAFÉ SOCIETY. It’s there in the constant bickering between the hero’s parents about whether or not a relative has a Jewish-shaped head. And, furthermore, if he doesn’t, how can he be a proper Jew? Such questions are a Midrash on the actual story, which concerns a young… Read More »

Tagged With: 1930s, Family, film business, gangsters, Hollywood, night clubs, romance

Xu Hoafeng Presents THE FINAL MASTER

June 7, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Xu Hoafeng Presents THE FINAL MASTER

Xu Haofeng wanted to revitalize the martial arts genre, and by bringing knives into the action he has certainly done that. He’s also thrown in a love story as sharp and as steely as any of those weapons. Both approaches are refreshing, and both were topics of conversation when I spoke with the filmmaker about… Read More »

Tagged With: 1930s, Asia, Bruce Lee, China, Fan Liao, genre films, knives, kung fu, martial arts films, master-apprentice, militarism, politics, Tianjin, War Kong Wei, Wing Chung

Richard Linklater Richard & Christian McKay on ME AND ORSON WELLES

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Richard Linklater Richard & Christian McKay on ME AND ORSON WELLES

ME AND ORSON WELLES is a fascinating glimpse of what it might have been like to work with Welles during his enfant terrible period. The film, interesting though the subject matter is, succeeds because of the way Christian McKay become Welles in all his brilliant, infuriating glory. The first thing I wanted to know when I talked… Read More »

Tagged With: 1930s, based on a true story, book to film, Christian McKay, fascism, Holly Gent Palmo, Julias Caesar, Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, Robert Kaplow, Shakespeare, theater, Vince Palmo, Zac Efron

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