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A brief break from my cold-inspired marathon of Ken Burns's Jazz documentary on the instant netflix to throw down a gauntlet in respon... -
As is tradition amongst those with no tangible reason for living, Metro Classics puts a lot of stock in our misconceived and ill-perceived ... -
Earlier this week Sean posted a reasoned, well thought-out, but ultimately misguided essay on Charlie Chaplin's superiority. I am now ... -
Nora Sayre reviewed Celine & Julie Go Boating in the New York Times back in October of 1974, and noted in particular the film's... -
This is Part Two of our Best of the 2000s list. You can check out Part One here . 36. Still Life (Jia Zhangke, 2006) Jia's film about a... -
Pundits periodically pontificate on the perennial prospect of film criticism perishing. These high-falutin' fools certainly have not ... -
With two films left in the current series (don't miss Celine & Julie Go Boating and Jeanne Dielman : it'll probably be the last...
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For the first two decades of my existence I harbored a wholly irrational hatred of John Wayne. Irrational insofar as in I had never actuall... -
The first sound film was a musical film. It wasn't very good. In 1929, the first sound film to win the Best Picture Oscar was a musical,...
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Not the Metro. No doubt there are legions of fanatics that follow the minutest goings-on at Metro Classics who unfortunately live in locales...
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