What Jean Dujardin was up to before starring in ‘The Artist’
The French actor Jean Dujardin is about to become a household name in this country — even if it is mispronounced! — thanks to “The Artist” the new “silent movie” comedy that is expected to be Oscar...
View ArticleRent it now: ‘Pretty Poison’ starring the elusive Tuesday Weld
Hollywood got very nervous about movie violence in 1968 as a result of the terrible events of that year. In 1967, “Bonnie and Clyde” was condemned in some quarters for glamorizing violence, so when...
View Article‘Mr. Hobbs’: when Jimmy Stewart turned into a spacey grouch
I like to play something I call “Netflix roulette,” adding random titles to my long list of DVD rental choices from the media giant. Some of the movies are new-ish films I haven’t gotten around to...
View Article‘Cartoon County’: the way Fairfield County was
The text, the illustrations and the design are all equally alluring in Cullen Murphy’s new memoir-with-pictures, “Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make Believe,” which...
View Article‘Being There’: still fresh after 38 years
It will be my pleasure to moderate a discussion after a screening of the 1979 Hal Ashby classic “Being There” tonight at 7 at the Bethel Cinema. The event is being co-sponsored by Hearst Connecticut...
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