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A charming French romantic comedy that is also something of a throwback
Trust Merchant-Ivory to find a way to transform the elegant and the sophisticated into the banal
Anyone who may still be treasuring fond memories of the 1950s has got to have a hard time of it in coming up against the tendency of late 20th century culture—which seems to be obsessed with the notion that that decade was a horrible time in America’s history. Well, you may think as I do…
Taste of Cherry by the Iranian director, Abbas Kiarostami, is not for those whose idea of movie fun is explosions and shootings, yet its concerns with matters of life and death are no less exigent for that. Over the opening credits, Mr Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) is cruising in his Range Rover, peering intently at knots…
Hollywood’s on-going, long-term project, The Simpleton’s Guide to Cultural and Media History, is given yet another instalment, thanks to George Clooney
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