September 2010
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Arthur Penn, 1922–2010
An American auteur's decades-long struggle against the Hollywood machine
by Michael Chaiken and Paul Cronin posted September 30, 2010
January 2010
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Mission: Improbable
Hollywood's controversial contribution to the wartime effort
by Lou Lumenick posted January 6, 2010
October 2009
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Perpetual Outsiders
The immigrant experience in the cinema of Elia Kazan
by Bilge Ebiri posted October 9, 2009
August 2009
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Our Man in London
The nuanced and endlessly suggestive film criticism of Graham Greene
by Michael Atkinson posted August 21, 2009
March 2009
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A Tale of Two Careers
The theatrical realism of Jules Dassin
by Bruce Bennett posted March 26, 2009
December 2008
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Silent Light
Frank Borzage at Fox, in the shadow of Sunrise and on the brink of sound
by Michael Atkinson posted December 16, 2008
November 2008
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Virgin Territory
Looking behind the stereotypes of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson pairing
by Saul Austerlitz posted November 10, 2008
October 2008
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Mission Impossible
The melodramas of Vincente Minnelli, master of illusion and disillusionment
by Chris Fujiwara posted October 30, 2008
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Design for Living
The campy realism of Mitchell Leisen, a forgotten master of disguise
by David Cairns posted October 23, 2008
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The Master Touch
Orson Welles's baroque thriller—and final Hollywood movie—turns 50
by Tom Charity posted October 9, 2008
September 2008
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Eastern Promises
Paul Robeson goes to New York for the path-breaking Emperor Jones
by Richard Koszarski posted September 18, 2008
June 2008
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The Outsider
Arthur Penn's decades-long struggle against the Hollywood machine
by Michael Chaiken and Paul Cronin posted June 4, 2008
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The Producers
A look back at the pioneering team of Hal B. Wallis and Joseph H. Hazen
by Ed Sikov posted June 4, 2008
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Golden Years
The late-period works of auteurist hero Howard Hawks
by Dan Sallitt posted June 4, 2008
