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2018 Oscar Noms—First Thoughts

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Mark DuPré

I love Oscar season. Each year is fascinating for different reasons. While genuinely good work gets recognized (and some good and great work gets ignored), the other factors that figure into the nominations, and then the final awards, change each … Continue reading →

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Darkest Hour

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Mark DuPré

What I recently wrote about the 1961 film Two Women (https://film-prof.com/2017/12/31/two-women-1960-1961/) could just as easily applied to Darkest Hour—that the main point of interest was the central performance, but that the evolution of the director’s style was also worth noting. Darkest … Continue reading →

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Mark DuPré

This improbably entitled film is the great epic of the Michael Powell—Emeric Pressburger canon. The directors’ Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes might be wilder and even more stunningly beautiful, but The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is fascinating … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged Anton Walbrook, Ben Hur, Black Narcissus, Cabaret, Deborah Kerr, Emeric Pressburger, Geoffrey Unsworth, Georges Perinal, Gone with the Wind, Jack Cardiff, Laurence Olivier, Lawrence of Arabia, Les Enfants du Paradis, Michael Powell, Roger Livesey, Tea and Sympathy, Tess, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The King and I, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes, The Thief of Bagdad, Winston Churchill | Leave a comment

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