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Short but Sweet: The Ten Best American Movies Under 90 Minutes

John Farr | Posted 04.04.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Paths of Glory, The Bank Dick, Stand by Me, The Ox-Bow Incident, High Noon, Laura, Duck Soup, This Is Spinal Tap, Love and Death, Bride of Frankenstein, Entertainment News
John Farr

While comedies are certainly well represented on this list (reminder to Hollywood: they do lend themselves to brevity), you'll also find dramas, westerns, war films, horror and suspense. A smorgasbord!

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A Look at Vera Caspary's 'Laura' (1943)

M.J. Rose | Posted 07.31.2012 | Books
Read More: Crime Fiction, Film Noir, Thrillers, Crime Thrillers, Books, Fiction, Thriller, Classic Movies, Movies, Laura, Vera Caspary, Books News
M.J. Rose

Vera Caspary wrote thrillers -- but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered -- the psycho thriller.

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Autumn in New York, Cinema Style

Cathy Whitlock | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Cinema Style, Film Set Design, Laura, Otto Preminger, Greta Garbo, The Fountainhead, New York Films, Film, Manhattan Real Estate, New York City, Movies, Interior Design, New York News
Cathy Whitlock

Cinema has provided a glamorous, coveted and implausible world filled with trendsetting decor and wraparound terraces against a seemingly endless Manhattan skyline -- all built on a soundstage.

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Rubbernecking: The Fashion Show, Week Two

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Bravo Network, Project Runway, Isaac Mizrahi, Le Parker Meridien, Laura, Haven, Topper Mortimer, Johnny R., Tinsley Mortimer, Fern Mallis, Merlin Castell, Kelly Rowland, The Fashion Show, Kristin, Markus, James-Paul, Anna, Daniella, Fashion, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

The challenge this week is to create three looks for socialite Tinsley Mortimer: a look for an art gallery gala, a country club luncheon, and a rock concert backstage after-party.

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The Best Original Movie Scores By Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Dr. Zhivago, Goldfinger, The Bad and the Ugly, Henry Mancini, Pulp Fiction, Movie, Moviemaking, Breakfast at Tiffany's, John Barry, A Man and a Woman, Miklos Rozsa, Maurice Jarre, Bernard Herrmann, Son of a Preacher Man, David Raksin, The Good, Burt Bacharach, Movie Music, Nino Rota, Michel Legrand, Lawrence of Arabia, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Stuck in the Middle With You, The Magnificent Seven, Best Original Score, The Pink Panther, Elmer Bernstein, Gone With the Wind, The Thomas Crown Affair, Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone, Bob Dylan, Film Scores, Reservoir Dogs, American Graffiti, Max Steiner, Eric Wolfgang Korngold, James Bond, The Godfather, Movie Soundtracks, Dusty Springfield, Quentin Tarantino, The Godfather Part 2, Laura, Entertainment News
John Farr

Surveying the historical span of filmmaking, the use of original music appears more prevalent from the dawn of sound through the 1970s -- or perhaps it's just that the scores themselves were more memorable over this period.

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