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Double Feature: Memento and Irreversible

August 21, 2020by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”–Kierkegaard “He destroyed my ability to live.”–Leonard Shelby, Memento “Paranoiacs need everything explained. Some things can’t be explained.”–Alex, Irreversible […]

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“He Doesn’t Need You; He’s Got His Memories” — Selznick’s and Hitchcock’s Rebecca

June 26, 2020by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

David O. Selznick brought Alfred Hitchcock to Hollywood in 1939 and promptly got the British master his first and only Best Picture win at the Academy Awards. That film, Rebecca (1940) […]

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Double Feature: The Big Lebowski and The Beach Bum

April 24, 2020by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

“Sometimes there’s a man — well, he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there.” Thus the voiceover narration in the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski […]

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Announcing My 2020 Movie Retrospective: Hamlet on Film

December 7, 2019by Paul Boyne 2 Comments

Shakespearean cinema, like many of the other subjects I’ve approached in my annual film retrospectives, is something in which I’ve long wanted to become more fluent. There are boundless avenues […]

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Wanting to Believe in Escape from Alcatraz

August 31, 2019by Paul Boyne 1 Comment

When there’s no definitive evidence either way, the romance of the situation is free to blossom. So often viewed with either fear or contempt, criminals gain a very different reputation […]

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Double Feature: With Barton Fink In a Lonely Place

November 23, 2018by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

Welcome to Hollywood: where art goes to die, or so the story goes. Of all cinematic craftspeople, the writer is typically the most prone to cynicism, because the average screenwriter […]

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Double Feature: Pickpockets in Love

September 21, 2018by Paul Boyne 2 Comments

From what I’ve been able to determine, the idea that Robert Bresson may have taken inspiration from Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street (1953) when he made Pickpocket (1959) is tenuous at […]

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“Sounds Like a Soul in Hell” — The Asphalt Jungle

July 27, 2018by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

The thrill of the caper itself in John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle is more exciting for its participants than whether or not they get away with it. Such is the fatalistic […]

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Claustrophobia in Winchester ’73

April 27, 2018by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

In 1950, the Academy ratio (1.37:1) was still the norm in Hollywood cinema, although wider image formats were just around the corner. Filmmakers could use the traditional film frame in […]

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Both Versions: Blade Runner

July 7, 2017by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

As is the case with many movies that have been passed down to us in multiple versions, the gestation of Blade Runner was a contentious affair. The archetypes familiar from the […]

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