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The Alarming Decline Of Expressive Language, In Life and On Film

John Farr | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

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John Farr

Even as today's high school and college students are pushed harder in school, they cannot write an essay or use descriptive language nearly as fluently as their parents and grandparents could.

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Chinatown's 35th Anniversary Edition and the Polanski Scandal

William Bradley | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Tony Blair, The Ghost, Robert Harris, Vertigo, Faye Dunaway, Los Angeles, John Huston, Alfred Hitchcock, Kim Cattrall, Warren Beatty, Godfather, Jerry Goldsmith, Chinatown, Jane Fonda. Mad Men, Pierce Brosnan, Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, Robert Evans, James Bond, Anthea Sylbert, Richard Sylbert, Governor Pat Brown, Entertainment News
William Bradley

On the surface, it's a period detective picture. Beneath, it's much more. The film creates its own mesmerizing world through evocative music, costuming, and production design.

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How Popular Culture Empowers The Joe Wilsons Of This World

John Farr | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Alfred Hitchcock, Carlos Reygadas, Jim Lehrer, Joe Wilson, Warner Archive Collection, Best Movies on DVD, Pbs Newshour, Mark Shields, Classic Movies, Silent Light, Barack Obama, John Huston, Best Movies by Farr, Warner, Entertainment News
John Farr

Wilson is one of those mediocre, small men who have always occupied the fringes of influence but would never have imagined to insult a sitting President in bygone days.

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Jacqueline Bisset, Actress with Legendary Film Pedigree, Stars in Death in Love Filmed, Set & Opening in NYC

Penelope Andrew | Posted 08.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Surrealism, Trauma, Boaz Yakin, Jacqueline Bisset, Lukas Haas, Josh Lucas, Death in Love, The Night Porter, Paul Newman, Deborah Kerr, John Huston, Murder on the Orient Express, Sophie's Choice, Two for the Road, Casino Royale, David Niven, Day for Night, George Cukor, Albert Finney, John Gielgud, Francois Truffaut, Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn, New York News
Penelope Andrew

The film is set in New York City in the 1990s. Yakin, a native New Yorker, shot the film in 25 days and financed it himself.

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15 Top Movies That Should Be On DVD, But Aren't

John Farr | Posted 06.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: William Powell, Jean Harlow, Sophia Loren, Clark Gable, Joseph Cotten, Peter Sellers, Katharine Hepburn, Dvds, Cary Grant, John Huston, Michael Caine, Anjelica Huston, Leslie Howard, Marlon Brando, Irene Dunne, Gary Cooper, Classic Movies, Gregory Peck, Ray Milland, Humphrey Bogart, Entertainment News
John Farr

I firmly believe that what we consume by way of popular entertainment helps determine the overall quality of our lives.

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Praising Caine: The Original "Alfie" Turns 76

John Farr | Posted 04.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John Huston, Cider House Rules, Harry Saltzman, Alfie, Sean Connery, Zulu, Batman: The Dark Knight, Lasse Hallstrom, Julie Walters, Christian Bale, Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, James Bond, The Man Who Would Be King, The Caine Mutiny, Len Deighton, Lewis Gilbert, John Irving, Charlize Theron, Batman Begins, Shelley Winters, Stanley Baker, Humphrey Bogart, Classic Movies, Entertainment News
John Farr

Not only can Michael Caine deliver the acting goods with the right vehicles, but off the set he also exhibits a refreshing common sense about the film business itself.

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The Best City Movies by Farr

John Farr | Posted 02.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Yasujiro Ozu, Orson Welles, Al Pacino, Burt Lancaster, Faye Dunaway, Cities, Movies, John Huston, Henry Fonda, Marcello Mastroianni, Michael Caine, Jules Dassin, Sidney Lumet, Federico Fellini, Shelley Winters, Best Sidney Lumet Movies, Richard Widmark, Classic Movies, Great City Movies, Jack Nicholson, Elia Kazan, Tony Curtis, Entertainment News
John Farr

For those of you who love cities, movies, and by extension, cities in movies, here's a batch of capital DVD titles, and the capitals that inspired them.

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