50 Years On: The Renewed Relevance of ‘Play it Again, Sam’ and its Presentation of Parasocial Relationships
Photo: ‘Play it Again, Sam’ Allan and Bogey Herbert Ross’s 1972 comedy ‘Play it Again, Sam’, starring Woody Allen, hit 50 years old this year, but upon re-watching, the more dated aspects of the film peel away to reveal the remarkably perceptive core of the...
‘The Forgiven’: When Worlds, Uh, Collide
Photo: ‘The Forgiven’ The People of the Worlds ‘The Forgiven’ gets most of its juice from the tension between its two worlds: the sneering, hollow world of the Western elitists and the conservative culture of the Muslim Moroccans. It’s a familiar device, but the...
Humphrey Bogart & Gloria Grahame ‘In a Lonely Place’: Rediscovering the Darkest Film Noir from Hollywood’s Golden Age
Photo: ‘In a Lonely Place’ A Novel, a Man, a Woman, a Murder ‘In a Lonely Place’ was released in 1950, deep into the era of the classic film noir, when the Golden Age of Hollywood was at its brightest; TV had not yet become popular enough to present an...
