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“Strangelove’s” Searing, Scathing, Satirical Sexual Shenanigans
Charles Bramesco writes about Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," now on Criterion Blu-ray.
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Adult Beginners: “Dr. Strangelove”
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 Dr. Str...
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Here’s To Never Growing Up: Paul Mazursky’s 1960s Sex Comedies
Borrowing a line from his 1978 movie An Unmarried Woman, Paul Mazursky once described midlife crisis as a cross between Mary Hartman and Ingmar Bergman. “It’s on the edge of soap opera and the edge of real,” pondered the director, a sentiment that’s rarely ech...
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History of Film: “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”
I’ve always wondered about the scroll of words at the beginning of 1964’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. They’re so important they precede the Columbia Pictures lady:
“It is the stated position of the U.S. Air Force th...
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Top 10 Golden Globe Victories
It's pretty easy to make fun of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and their Golden Globes. And a lot of fun to boot. But for all the awards they give out merely to get the most glamorous stars to give the most glamorous speeches, they're almost just as l...
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