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Adult Beginners: “Chinatown”
Every other week, Alissa Wilkinson looks back at an iconic piece of cinema in the Adult Beginners column. The twist? She's watching each of these films for the first time, approaching them with fresh eyes and mature context. This week, she's discussing Chinato...
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All That Jazz: 5 Great Jazz Scores
Amidst the praise of Whiplash (now on Blu-ray and DVD) comes a contemplation of music in film, specifically that fantastically dynamic, American genre called jazz. Throughout cinema history, jazz has been employed to pervade films’ settings with an eclectic ra...
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History of Film: ‘Chinatown’
Jake Gittes is an origin story for characters like Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.
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