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Nymphomaniac: Volume II with Charlotte Gainsbourg sandwiched between Papou and Kookie Ryan. ‘Nymphomaniac: Volume II’: More interesting, more provocative, and more philosophical than its predecessor (See ‘Nymphomaniac: Vol. I‘ Review:…
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The Lunchbox with Nimrat Kaur. ‘The Lunchbox’ movie: ‘Exceptional film’ that would have deserved an Oscar nomination The Lunchbox / Dabba was not the Film Federation of India’s submission to…
Marta Eggerth ca. 1935: Central Europe’s Jeanette MacDonald. Operetta and film star Marta Eggerth dead at 101: The Jeanette MacDonald of Central European cinema Marta Eggerth, an international star in…
Rossana Podesta in Helen of Troy with Jacques Sernas. Rossana Podesta dies: ‘Helen of Troy’ actress later featured in sword-and-sandal spectacles & risqué sex comedies Rossana Podesta, the sensual star…
The Emigrants with Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow. From the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, the New York Film Critics Circle handed out top awards to a couple of…
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Colonialism in Africa and its lasting legacy: The Wilby Conspiracy with Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier, Prunella Gee, and Rutger Hauer. Shot in Kenya with an international cast, Ralph Nelson’s South…