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News And Commentary – Odd Man Out

Posted on April 19, 2015December 24, 2020 by MidCenturyCinema

Odd Man Out, which took home the prize for best British film of 1947, is just out in a sparkling new special edition from The Criterion Collection.  One of the great films of the 1940s, it had not previously been officially available on disc in North America.  Johnny McQueen, the man who finds himself more…

Hoffman tries to keep a wavering Hawke steady as things go wrong

News And Commentary – Ethan Hawke Talks New Hollywood

Posted on April 8, 2015December 24, 2020 by MidCenturyCinema

The spring issue of Cineaste features an insightful interview with Ethan Hawke, who has some interesting things to say about the New Hollywood, how he made career decisions “based on a 1970s ascetic,” and that he and his contemporaries, like the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, were “chasing the old-school definition of a New York actor—meaning…

News And Commentary – Alice’s Restaurant

Posted on March 30, 2015December 24, 2020 by MidCenturyCinema

Alice’s Restaurant is out this week on DVD and Blu-Ray (Olive Films).  Arthur Penn’s 1969 film, inspired by the Arlo Guthrie song/shaggy dog story (and starring the young singer), is a sympathetic but cautionary ode to the counter-culture.  Made in the midst of Penn’s most fertile period as a director—after Mickey One and Bonnie and…

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