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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 24m

10/11/44: To Have and Have Not
D: Howard Hawks W: Jules Furthman & William Faulkner
w/Bogie & Bacall ++
Robin Wood: "one of the most basic anti-fascist statements the cinema has given us"
More:
@jakehinkson.bsky.social: www.criminalelement.com/bogie-and-ba...
James Agee: time.com/archive/6865...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1h

10/11/44: Otto Preminger's ATG #FilmNoir Laura
w/Tierney, Andrews, Webb, Price
More:
@geoff-andrew.bsky.social:
www.yoursretro.co.uk/filmblog/unl...
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.yoursretro.co.uk/filmblog/unl...
@meganabbott.bsky.social / @libraryofamerica.bsky.social: www.loa.org/news-and-vie...

Gleaming surfaces and twisted depths: Laura’s mirror-world of wayward desire - Library of America

By Megan Abbott Otto Preminger’s adaptation of Vera Caspary’s novel is more polished and studio-sleek than much of what would come to be called noir. But at heart, writes Megan Abbott, it ranks among ...

www.loa.org

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2h

10/11/73: Nicolas Roeg's brooding, visually stunning Don't Look Now
w/Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland
More:
@ellenejones.bsky.social / @kermodemovie.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
@michaelschulman.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/recommends/w...

“Don’t Look Now,” Nicolas Roeg’s Uncanny Masterpiece

The heart of Roeg’s film, from 1973, is a couple’s shared grief, and the tricks of the mind that it plays on them.

www.newyorker.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/10/75: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
via Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta
w/Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf
More:
Amy Taubin: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social: elementsofmadness.com/2020/09/05/t...
Phoebe Chen: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

A Salacious Press, an Unchecked Government: Heinrich Böll’s Prescient Fiction

A 1975 film adaptation of his novel The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum looks how fragile freedom is under democracy.

www.thenation.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 18h

BOTD John Prine!!!
Couldn't pick just 1, so here's:
Mexican Home: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmvP...
Angel (w/Bonnie Raitt): www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaHN...
More:
Elvis, via @cwillman.bsky.social: variety.com/2020/music/n...
@bob-boilen.bsky.social / @annkpowers.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2020/04/06/8...

John Prine's Life In 10 Songs : All Songs Considered

On this special edition of All Songs Considered, we look back at the life and legacy of the late John Prine through ten of the defining songs from his nearly 50-year career.Host Bob Boilen is joined b...

www.npr.org

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 20h

10/10/86: Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married, w/Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barbara Harris
More:
@davekehr.bsky.social (who surprised me): www.chicagotribune.com/1986/10/08/c...
Ebert: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pegg...
@ungajje.bsky.social: thespool.net/features/fot...

“Peggy Sue Got Married” finds the humanistic in time travel

Every month, we at The Spool select a filmmaker to explore in greater depth — their themes, their deeper concerns, how their works chart the history of cinema, and the filmmaker’s own biography. For A...

thespool.net

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 22h

BOTD Harold Pinter!!
Celebrated collabs w/Joseph Losey: The Servant, Accident (our fave) & the Go-Between
More:
@filmnickjames.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
w/Steve Grant via @mrlukowski.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/london/theat...
Natasha Fraser:
a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...

The cinematic life of Harold Pinter

Natasha A. Fraser looks back on the cinematic legacy of her stepfather Harold Pinter (1930–2008), whose fourteen screenplays were directed by the likes of Joseph Losey, Elia Kazan and Karel Reisz. Her...

a-rabbitsfoot.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 23h

10/10/63: From Russia with Love
w/Sean Connery, Robert Shaw
Remains peak Bond
More:
Rec @llewellachapman.bsky.social BFI book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/from-russ...
@thetomfordy.bsky.social: www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/from...
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: pressplayredux.com/2012/09/14/f...

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is not unsophisticated. You are.

pressplayredux.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/10/75: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
via Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta
w/Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf
More:
Amy Taubin: www.criterion.com/current/post...
@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social: elementsofmadness.com/2020/09/05/t...
Phoebe Chen: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

A Salacious Press, an Unchecked Government: Heinrich Böll’s Prescient Fiction

A 1975 film adaptation of his novel The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum looks how fragile freedom is under democracy.

www.thenation.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/9/71: Jacques Rivette's monumental Out 1
w/Michael Lonsdale 🙏, Jean-Pierre Léaud 🙏 ++
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Jordan Hoffman: www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oc...
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...
@samadams.bsky.social: www.indiewire.com/criticism/cu...

Review: Jacques Rivette’s Newly Restored Masterpiece ‘Out 1’

Review: Jacques Rivette's Newly Restored Masterpiece 'Out 1'

www.indiewire.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

BOTD John Lennon
More:
T80 (!!) via @nickderiso.bsky.social: ultimateclassicrock.com/top-john-len...
Doc: Above us only sky: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
From us on Get Back: midcenturycinema.org/2021/12/04/n...
The legendary Cott interview: www.rollingstone.com/feature/john...

John Lennon: The Last Interview

Three days before he died, John Lennon talked with 'Rolling Stone' for nine hours.

www.rollingstone.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/9/78: Chantal Akerman's The Meetings of Anna
w/Aurore Clément, Helmut Griem, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Lea Massari
Our #2 CA, after News From Home
More:
@lwlies.com: lwlies.com/in-praise-of...
Rosenbaum: jonathanrosenbaum.net/2024/02/les-...
@jhoberman.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/m...

In ‘Les Rendez-vous d’Anna,’ Many Meetings but No Connections (Published 2018)

www.nytimes.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

HBD Jackson Browne!!!
5(!!) Landmark albums 1972-77 retain their power, but much more since
More:
Legendary 1974 Cameron Crowe feature: rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Interview w/ @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/music/2021/j...
➡️ Song of the Day:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5si...

Jackson Browne with David Lindley - Call It A Loan

YouTube video by S. Issui

www.youtube.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/9/75: Michael Ritchie's Smile
w/Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon
More:
@newbeverly.bsky.social x2:
@kimmorgan.bsky.social: thenewbev.com/blog/2017/06...
@meheuck.bsky.social: thenewbev.com/blog/2019/04...
@annodracula.bsky.social: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/9/71: Jacques Rivette's monumental Out 1
w/Michael Lonsdale 🙏, Jean-Pierre Léaud 🙏 ++
More
Jordan Hoffman: www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oc...
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...
@samadams.bsky.social: www.indiewire.com/criticism/cu...

Review: Jacques Rivette’s Newly Restored Masterpiece ‘Out 1’

Review: Jacques Rivette's Newly Restored Masterpiece 'Out 1'

www.indiewire.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d

10/8/74: Wim Wenders' Alice in the Cities
From us, via @newleftreview.bsky.social - "One of the cinematic achievements of the 1970s": newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

More:
@glennkenny.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/...
@splicedpersonality.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Classic Corner: Alice in the Cities

Wim Wenders bounced back from an early disaster by crafting one of his finest films — poignant, keenly observant, and unfailingly true.

crookedmarquee.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/8/78: Bergan's Autumn Sonata
w/Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann
Indelibly via Andre Gregory in MDWA: "I could live in my art but not in my life"
More:
@brofromanother.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/persona-isn-...
@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

This week on That '70s Movie Podcast, we discuss Young Frankenstein!!
D: Mel Brooks, W: Brooks & Gene Wilder
Spectacular cast incl w/Wilder, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Gene Hackman, Kenneth Mars, and Mr. Peter Boyle:
open.spotify.com/episode/0hbB...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/8/72: Robert Altman's Images
w/Susannah York (from her novel), Rene Auberjonois
More:
@antbit.projectedfigures.com: lwlies.com/home-ents/im...
@forestpunk.bsky.social: spectrumculture.com/2023/07/13/o...
@steverose7.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/ap...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 2d

10/8/81: My Dinner With Andre
Wally & Andre via Louis Malle
See this every 7 yrs: midcenturycinema.org/2022/01/14/n...
This Is Cinema
More:
@noelmu.bsky.social: thedissolve.com/features/int...
@splicedpersonality.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
Rog: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/grea...

My Dinner With Andre movie review (1981) | Roger Ebert

Someone asked me the other day if I could name a movie that was entirely devoid of clichés. I thought for a moment, and then answered, “My Dinner With Andre.”

www.rogerebert.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d

10/8/74: Wim Wenders' Alice in the Cities
From us, via @newleftreview.bsky.social - "One of the cinematic achievements of the 1970s": newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

More:
@glennkenny.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/...
@splicedpersonality.bsky.social: crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

Classic Corner: Alice in the Cities

Wim Wenders bounced back from an early disaster by crafting one of his finest films — poignant, keenly observant, and unfailingly true.

crookedmarquee.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d

That's FRONKensteen
This week on That '70s Movie Podcast, we discuss Young Frankenstein!!
D: Mel Brooks, W: Brooks & Gene Wilder
Spectacular cast incl w/Wilder, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Gene Hackman, Kenneth Mars, and Mr. Peter Boyle:
open.spotify.com/episode/0hbB...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 4d

10/7/71: The French Connection (D Friedkin/DP Roizman)
w/Hackman, Scheider, Rey
More:
@pulpcurry.bsky.social: crimereads.com/50-years-rea...
@kphipps3000.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/the-french-c...
We favor, but @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social w/must-read dissent: www.slantmagazine.com/film/caveman...

Caveman Valentines: The French Connection, Dirty Harry, & Straw Dogs - Slant Magazine

Straw Dogs is about man’s quest to identify himself as masculine through the self-actualizing power of violence.

www.slantmagazine.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d

10/7/55: 1st reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl (“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness")
In 1957 Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Lights Bookstore arrested for publishing it
More:
@thehighsign.bsky.social: slate.com/culture/2010...
@fredmkaplan.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...

How "Howl" changed the world.

Howl may be the unlikeliest movie ever to come out of Sundance with national distribution: a translation of a poem—the substance, spirit, and cultural...

slate.com

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 3d

That's FRONKensteen
This week on That '70s Movie Podcast, we discuss Young Frankenstein!!
D: Mel Brooks, W: Brooks & Gene Wilder
Spectacular cast incl w/Wilder, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Gene Hackman, Kenneth Mars, and Mr. Peter Boyle:
open.spotify.com/episode/0hbB...

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