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Double Feature: Pickford vs. Temple

February 21, 2020by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

Eleanor Gates began writing novels just after the turn of the century, then turned to writing plays before starting a film production company in 1915. This same trajectory was taken […]

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Hamlet on Film: Letterboxd Reviews

January 17, 2020by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

I’ve gotten to know this play pretty well over the last couple weeks, having as of this writing seen sixteen of the twenty-seven renditions I’ve lined up for this retrospective. […]

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Announcing My 2020 Movie Retrospective: Hamlet on Film

December 7, 2019by Paul Boyne 2 Comments

Shakespearean cinema, like many of the other subjects I’ve approached in my annual film retrospectives, is something in which I’ve long wanted to become more fluent. There are boundless avenues […]

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My 25 Favorite Montages & Cross-cutting Sequences

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What’s the opposite of a long take? The first four top 25 lists I put together for this blog were matching pairs: scariest scenes and funniest scenes, endings and beginnings. […]

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Triple Feature Double Feature: Mabuse/Orpheus

June 21, 2019by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

There are two cases on the record of filmmakers producing trilogies that spanned their careers. Fritz Lang began directing films in 1919, but a landmark from his early output is […]

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Double Feature: Persona and Daisies

July 20, 2018by Paul Boyne 1 Comment

It must be a frightening concept to men—this idea of women having a special bond, of women containing multitudes… Men, spellbound by the secrets shared between women, can’t help but […]

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The Class of 2018: My Favorite Movies

June 1, 2018by Paul Boyne 1 Comment

I’ve watched movies every which way during these past twelve months, giving more time to them than I had in any previous year. There were the usual methods — discs […]

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Double Feature: Trouble in Paradise and Hold That Blonde!

September 22, 2017by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

We have an extremely specific topic to explore for this month’s double feature: “romantic comedies about pickpockets.” The appeal of crooks, hustlers and artful dodgers is entirely familiar in American […]

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Uh … 3 ½? — Destiny

August 11, 2017by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

The Introduction At the beginning of 2015, I took my first serious dive into the films of the 1920s. So it hasn’t been that long since I first encountered Destiny (Der […]

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Double Feature: Modern Times and Play Time

June 23, 2017by Paul Boyne 1 Comment

Charles Chaplin and Jacques Tati, two of the most accomplished comedic filmmakers in the history of the medium, were both two decades into their careers when they made their defining […]

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