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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) James Mangold, Danial Rifky

Jul 10, 20235 min read

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) James Mangold, Danial Rifky

Indiana Jones… He just can’t stay away from those Nazis… That’s where we find Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), captured by Nazis in 1944 as...

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Time Schizophrenia: Preparing to Watch Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

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Jul 9, 20231 min read

Time Schizophrenia: Preparing to Watch Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

I am planning on going to the movies this afternoon to see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. I'm looking forward to it, but I think...

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Jul 6, 20233 min read

The Halfway Point: How Are You Doing?

It got here pretty quickly, didn’t it? More than half of 2023 is over, which means we’ve got less than six months of movie-watching...

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Foolish Wives (1922) A New Release from Flicker Alley

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Jul 2, 20235 min read

Foolish Wives (1922) A New Release from Flicker Alley

Foolish Wives (1922) Erich von Stroheim Flicker Alley, dual format edition Blu-ray and DVD Unless otherwise noted, all photos courtesy of...

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Jun 30, 20231 min read

What Did You Read in June 2023?

What did you read this month? Here's what I read (not pictured: AN EXPERIMENT IN CRITICISM - C.S. Lewis). I'd love to hear what you read...

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What YOU Can Do to Keep Classic Movies Alive

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Jun 25, 20231 min read

What YOU Can Do to Keep Classic Movies Alive

Many of you already know about the shakeups going on at TCM (Turner Classic Movies) and are concerned. We all want to save TCM, but we...

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Jun 20, 20231 min read

July 2023 Film Noir New Releases

I'm trying something a little different in July: side-by-side comparisons of two releases of the same film. Let me know if this is...

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2023 Summer Reading Challenge: 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - John DiLeo

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Jun 11, 20233 min read

2023 Summer Reading Challenge: 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - John DiLeo

100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - But Probably Don’t (2004) John DiLeo Limelight Editions Paperback, 416 pages Includes...

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Is David Mamet’s Things Change (1988) The Ultimate Con Game?

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Jun 10, 20236 min read

Is David Mamet’s Things Change (1988) The Ultimate Con Game?

Say what you want about the mob, but no one can deny its strong sense of community. Without it, you have no organization. Maintaining...

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Jun 9, 20234 min read

Why Physical Media Matters

There’s a story I heard years ago about a fan who walked up to science fiction writer Barry Longyear lamenting, “I just saw the movie...

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It's That Time Again... The 2023 Classic Film Reading Challenge

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Jun 8, 20231 min read

It's That Time Again... The 2023 Classic Film Reading Challenge

Love classic movies? Of course you do, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this post. Love reading? Same. So here's a way you can enjoy...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Project #15: Number Seventeen (1932)*

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Jun 6, 20235 min read

The Alfred Hitchcock Project #15: Number Seventeen (1932)*

Number Seventeen (1932) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Produced by John Maxwell (6-14) Written by Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville (11-14),...

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Talking About Men and Reading on Book Stew from WCTV Wilmington

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Jun 2, 20231 min read

Talking About Men and Reading on Book Stew from WCTV Wilmington

I recently had the great pleasure of being a guest on WCTV Wilmington's show Book Stew with host Eileen MacDougall. We talked about men,...

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The Damned Don't Cry (1950) and Caged (1950) Coming Soon to Blu-ray

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May 31, 20231 min read

The Damned Don't Cry (1950) and Caged (1950) Coming Soon to Blu-ray

Last week, anticipating yesterday's gallbladder surgery (which went very well, I can thankfully say), I made two short videos about...

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Talking Ida Lupino, The Hitch-Hiker (1953), and more on the Cinema Chat Podcast

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May 29, 20231 min read

Talking Ida Lupino, The Hitch-Hiker (1953), and more on the Cinema Chat Podcast

I was delighted to be a recent guest on the podcast Cinema Chat with David Heath, discussing The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Ida Lupino, and...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Project #14: Rich and Strange (1931)

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May 23, 20234 min read

The Alfred Hitchcock Project #14: Rich and Strange (1931)

Rich and Strange (aka East of Shanghai, 1931*) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Produced by John Maxwell (6-13) Written by Alfred Hitchcock,...

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Street of Chance (1942): An Early Example of Amnesia Noir

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May 20, 20232 min read

Street of Chance (1942): An Early Example of Amnesia Noir

Amnesia noir is one of my favorite subgenres, and as far as I can determine, Street of Chance (October 1942) was the second American...

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Ryan's Daughter (1970) or "David Lean... What Happened, Old Chap?"

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May 18, 20236 min read

Ryan's Daughter (1970) or "David Lean... What Happened, Old Chap?"

Ryan’s Daughter joins a long list of other films from the 1960s and ‘70s that I’ve owned on DVD for years, discs that usually sit on my...

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Why Men (and Boys) Don’t Read - My MLA Presentation

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May 12, 20233 min read

Why Men (and Boys) Don’t Read - My MLA Presentation

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of delivering a presentation at the Maryland Library Association’s annual conference in Cambridge,...

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May 2, 20231 min read

The Last Time I Wrote Fiction

For several years my main focus was becoming a fiction writer. I wrote stacks and stacks of short stories, two novels (one was bad; the...

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