Tuesday, August 25, 2015

"Clarence Sent Me": Still Missing the Big Man as Born to Run Turns 40

I wrote the post below back in 2011 when the Big Man, Clarence Clemens, died. And now, August 25, 2015, Born to Run is 40 years old. It was great to see Springsteen and the E Street Band sing-off Jon Stewart with the rock anthem, but it's still hard not having Clarence on the defining sax sound.  Born...
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Sunday, August 9, 2015

The Three Musketeers, a la Richard Lester at the FIlm Society of Lincoln Center

. Thanks to Andy Webster's NY Times article, I'm on my way to filling in the gaps of my 'Dumas on film' knowledge. The Film Society of Lincoln Center is presenting Richard Lester: The Running Jumping Pop Cinema Iconoclast series and I'm thrilled that they are including Lester's trilogy of the French...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

What the Hell, Britannia: Minions AND Mission Impossible Spotlight London

I don't often partake of the summer movie madness, but I happened to see Minions and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation on one weekend, trying to beat the heat and get some deluxe air conditioning. Mild spoilers ahead. I saw Minions first, and I was charmed.  As many have said, the story...
              

Saturday, August 1, 2015

The Appledore Revisited: I Am Charles Ryder

“I felt that I was leaving part of myself behind, and that wherever I went afterwards I should feel the lack of it, and search for it hopelessly, as ghosts are said to do, frequenting the spots where they buried material treasures without which they cannot pay their way to the nether world.” Charles...
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