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Tag Archives: Tom Cruise
June 2024 Viewing Diary
Sunset Boulevard (1950; d. Billy Wilder) I had so much fun discussing Sunset Boulevard with the audience after the screening at Jacob Burns Film Center. I’ll be doing another one in August, after Billy Wilder’s The Apartment. The audience was … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged action movies, Billy Wilder, comedy, film noir, France, Glen Powell, Gloria Swanson, Meryl Streep, New Zealand, Richard Linklater, romantic comedy, romantic drama, short films, Steven Spielberg, Sunset Boulevard, Thomas J. Wright, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, war movies, William Holden, women directors
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Ebertfest 2014: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Director Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July is also turning 25 this year, just like Do the Right Thing, and Born was screened at 9 p.m. on Saturday night followed by a discussion with Oliver Stone, who was present. … Continue reading
Movie Poster: Risky Business
You know, I’ve always really liked this poster. There’s something cynical about it, something truly corrupt (which works), and at the same time, there’s a goofiness there, which only becomes more clear when you see the picture. I also just … Continue reading
The Ba-Dum CHING of Tropic Thunder
There’s a moment in Tropic Thunder when a tiny baby, probably 2 or 3 years old, is thrown off of a high bridge (like the one over the River Kwai) and you get a glimpse of the small body cartwheeling … Continue reading
Billy Wilder: On Tom Cruise
Excerpt from Conversations with Wilder: Tom Cruise is a thinking actor. He makes it look effortless. For example, Rain Man. It took several years for everyone to realize that the roles could have been switched. That is a movie I … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Wilder, Cary Grant, Tom Cruise
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