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Very Thought of You, The

James Bowman

When The Very Thought of You, directed by Nick Hamm from a screenplay by Peter Morgan, was released in Britain…

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Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence

James Bowman

When The Very Thought of You, directed by Nick Hamm from a screenplay by Peter Morgan, was released in Britain…

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Mickey Blue Eyes

James Bowman

First westerns, then horror films, now gangster flicks: all the great Hollywood genres have been appropriated by the spoofters and…

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Muse, The

James Bowman

Albert Brooks, more than any other Hollywood writer/director, is able to write satirically about Hollywood without at the same time…

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Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria)

James Bowman

Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini, recently re-released in a restored version, stars the great director’s wife, Giulietta Massina as…

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Outside Providence

James Bowman

Outside Providence, adapted from his own novel by Peter Farelly, with his brother, Bobby, and directed by Michael Corrente, is…

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Sixth Sense, The

James Bowman

As a rule, I think I have as good an eye for “gaggingly mawkish supernatural kitsch” as the next critic,…

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Tale of Autumn (Conte d’Automne)

James Bowman

There are two perfect, transcendent moments in the Tale of Autumn, or Conte d’Automne, which is the fourth and perhaps…

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Teaching Mrs. Tingle

James Bowman

It used to be almost a cliché: the toughest teacher you had in high school was always the one you…

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Thirteenth Warrior, The

James Bowman

The 13th Warrior, directed by John McTiernan, is a Hollywoodification of Michael Crichton’s attempt to re- imagine Beowulf in his…

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Thomas Crown Affair, The

James Bowman

The Thomas Crown Affair, a remake by John McTiernan of the classic of 1968 which starred Steve McQueen, is what…

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The Answer to Three Puzzles

John D. Mueller

Liberal Democrats, Congressional Republicans, and Alan Greenspan often disagree with one another. But they have one thing in common; all…

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