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To DVD or not DVD?

December 7th, 2009
Posted in Film

Is there any question. Here’s the best of the lot, well-suited to any movie nostalgist. North by Northwest: 50th Anniversary Edition The last of Alfred Hitchcock’s light thrillers, this deliberately nonsensical concoction—so skillfully done that it’s charged with wit, is a high-gloss chase movie with set pieces that, after 50 years, holds up beautifully. Its inception was [ READ MORE ]

James Cameron redux

November 2nd, 2009
Posted in Film

A friend of mine saw a few minutes of James Cameron’s 3-D Avatar, and raved. (The news here is that my friend doesn’t like Special Effects movies. ) For more info, check out this week’s New Yorker on-line for a feature on the always controversial Cameron . [ READ MORE ]

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Bob Green is a film writer (Baraka), screenwriting teacher, and a film critic. He has been writing for the Weekly for 18 years (since day 1) and is a terrific dancer.

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