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Tabu
Tabu A sensual island masterpiece, Tabu began as the collaboration between two talented Hollywood outsiders — accomplished documentarian Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North), who had recently been fired from his first attempt at fiction filmmaking, and German expatriate Friedrich … Continue reading
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye Robert Altman was at the top of his craft when he made this revisionist detective gem in 1973 — one of a string of similarly skewed genre masterpieces that included McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Nashville. Elliott … Continue reading
I Am the Greatest!
I Am the Greatest! This rerelease of Cassius Clay’s legendary 1963 recording provides the champ’s fans with a portrait of the pugilist as a sassy young man. Divided into eight playful “rounds” of verbal shadowboxing, I AM THE GREATEST! features … Continue reading
The Gift
The Gift Director Sam Raimi delivers a long-awaited gift to fans of his earlier genre triumphs with this slight return to the voodoo of horror pictures past. Cate Blanchett stars as Annie Wilson, a widowed mother of three young boys … Continue reading
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day At over $100 million, James Cameron‘s sequel to his popular 1984 science-fiction thriller is easily one of the most expensive feature films ever made. Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as the eponymous, time-traveling death machine, only this … Continue reading
The Carnegie Hall Concert
The Carnegie Hall Concert It’s impossible to trace the full extent of Lenny Bruce‘s influence, but it’s safe to say contemporary comedy, let alone stand-up, would simply not exist as it does today without his daring example. Bruce’s free-flowing, jazz-like … Continue reading
Roll with the New
Roll with the New Chris Rock first entered the American consciousness as a cast member on SNL in the early ’90s, but he didn’t really extend that following until his brilliant vocal incarnation of Lil’ Penny for a series of … Continue reading