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Guillermo del Toro: The Devil’s Backbone (2001) [by Lewis Saul]
108 minutesColor 5.1 Surround in Spanish 1:85:1 aspect ratio “What is a ghost?” Answer: almost every character in this masterful film. Del Toro plants a terrific red herring early on…
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“What Hath Gable Got?” Rhett Butler in “It Happened One Night” [by David Lehman]
I could have called it "Hail to the King" or "Odysseus Hitches a Ride," but I went with "What Hath Gable Got?" for my American Scholar piece on the actor who played Rhett Butler…
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Kathleen Rooney: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
________________________________________________ Western My favorite flavor of Western is revisionist; my second favorite flavor, spaghetti.…
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Borges: “Translators have impoved my stories”
Jorge Luis Borges said: "I respect translators, and my stories have sometimes been greatly bettered by them. One of them told me so himself. Besides, I am so fond of English that I like…
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Homage to “Laura” [by John Harbourne]
Diptych by John Harbourne. Copyright (c) 2022 by John Harbourne. All rights reserved.John Harbourne has made similar drawings of many other noir figures. www.johnharbourneartist.com Laura Then the doorbell rang.Time for one more cigarette.It wasn’t…
