Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The beat goes on: Confess, Fletch

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One would assume, given a soundtrack album laden with iconic classics by Horace Silver, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon and many others, that this...
Thursday, September 22, 2022

The Beat Goes On: See How They Run

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This film is a total hoot, and Daniel Pemberton’s fizzy score has much to do with the merriment. Director Tom George’s mischievous period “w...
Saturday, April 2, 2022

The beat goes on: The Duke

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On the very early morning of August 21, 1961, somebody broke into London’s National Gallery and stole Francisco Goya’s painting, “Portrait o...
Monday, March 7, 2022

From the cutting-room floor: The Lost Man

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This was a tough call. The story certainly is ideal; this is a brooding crime drama in the classic all-will-not-go-well mold. But “brooding”...
Friday, October 15, 2021

Recent discovery: Die Rechnung — Eiskalt serviert

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Whether by personal choice or director Helmuth Ashley’s insistence, Peter Thomas’ approach to this fourth Jerry Cotton adventure differs fro...
Friday, September 24, 2021

Recent discovery: Um Null Uhr schnappt die Falle zu

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Jerry Cotton’s third adventure is a corker, despite the lamentably excessive use of stock footage and rear projection (always a distraction ...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

From the cutting room floor: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

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Lalo Schifrin’s jazzy and occasional cheeky score kept this film on the list during several editing iterations, but ultimately I had to admi...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Recent discovery: Face of the Frog

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It’s difficult to imagine a film this modest igniting an enormously successful 12-year franchise, yet that’s precisely what happened. 1959’s...