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The precision and craft of the best to ever do it.
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No pursed lips — but not two nods.
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Comedy as an act of defiance.
Read More#1062: Summer Movie Preview 2026 and ’40s Madness Champion
Drafting the summer slate.
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Actually, this is a ghost story. And a love story, too.
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Art is hard. People are harder.
Read More#1061: Citizen Kane vs. Casablanca and ’40s Madness Final
The 1940’s – or cinema’s? – defining film.
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From The Great Santini to Tom Hagen, Gus McCrae, and Mac Sledge.
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Three friends who risked everything — and changed the rules.
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Love, rewritten.
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