By Simon Miraudo January 29, 2014 Stanley Kubrick‘s blistering Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opened on January 29, 1964, simultaneously screening in New York, London, and Toronto. Despite there being no evidence to prove as much, I have a sneaking suspicion the usually-reasonable Canadian […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Being There
Play It Again – Being There. Starring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, and Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Hal Ashby. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it […]
Continue readingPlay It Again – Lolita
Play It Again – Lolita. Starring James Mason, Sue Lyon, and Peter Sellers. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards – the man behind such classic films as Breakfast at Tiffanys, The Party and the Inspector Clouseau comedies The Pink Panther and A Shot in the Dark – has died at the age of 88. The writer-director passed away due to complications linked to pneumonia at the St. John’s Health Center in Santa […]
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