Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Soundtrack updates

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Thanks to the ongoing efforts of labels that specialize in soundtracks — and the fans who purchase their products, thereby maintaining the p...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Recent discovery: Blue Ice

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Michael Caine was born to star in spy thrillers, which became obvious during his career-making portrayal of Len Deighton’s Harry Palmer, in ...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Recent discovery: Face the Music

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I’m willing to bet that no other film has turned a jazz trumpet player into an amateur sleuth. During the decade before the innovatively gru...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Recent discovery: West 11

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Director Michael Winner’s melancholy  noir  entry quietly smolders amid an atmosphere of casual debauchery enhanced by Otto Heller’s gorgeou...
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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Recent discovery: Sapphire

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The British were decades ahead of us, with films that thoughtfully explored race relations; 1959’s  Sapphire  is an excellent example. Direc...
Sunday, July 2, 2023

Blast from the Past: Las Vegas Beat

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Plenty of television pilots failed to attract network interest, over the years — for which we can be grateful, in many cases — but this prob...
Saturday, June 17, 2023

Blasts from the past: Obscure nuggets

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The television component of my two-volume series focuses on shows that successfully landed on network schedules … if only for a month or two...
Saturday, April 8, 2023

Recent discovery: Dino

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Talk about being lucky enough to hit the ground running: Composer Gerald Fried’s first three big-screen assignments were for Stanley Kubrick...