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The Hollow Crown: From Shakepeare’s “Richard II”
From Richard II No matter where; of comfort no man speak:Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;Make dust our paper and with rainy eyesWrite sorrow on the bosom of the earth,Let's choose executors…
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All The Things You Are [by Lewis Saul]
VARIOUS ARTISTS All the Things You Are Ten versions Oh, I coulda picked 20 or 30, there are so many great recordings of this oft-played standard by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, which…
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Love / Hate [by Terence Winch]
Ed. note: I had just about exhausted every crime series available on Netflix when Terence Winch [pictured here with a friend at La Maison blanche] wrote to suggest that I check out Love/Hate, an…
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Renia White: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
__________________________________________________ sometimes I flash forward and cry I am afraid to have this thought. a 1.5…
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“Scarface Nation” [by Ken Tucker]
Highly recommended. Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie by Ken Tucker (St. Martin’s Press)Not merely the behind-the-scenes making of the 1983 De Palma/Pacino film (and the 1932 Howard Hawks/Paul Muni version), but also a…
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“The Big Heat” [by John Harbourne]
The most dramatic moment in The Big Heat, a memorable Fritz Lang noir for the early 1950s, is when Gloria Grahame turns the tables on her tormentor, Lee Marvin, by emptying a pot of…
