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Joseph Losey’s “The Servant” (1963): Master/Slave Dialectic Demonstrated

"The Servant" takes the traditional roles between gentleman and manservant and submits them to great artistic violence.

4 years ago
  • Faves

The Genius of Ozu’s “Good Morning” (1959)

Children in Good Morning protest social mores because they fail to appreciate the rules governing the relations of families and…

4 years ago
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Joanna Hogg’s “Unrelated” (2007): The Desire to Belong

Reflections on an early film by the British film director Joanna Hogg, which I viewed in preparation for seeing The…

5 years ago
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“Pépé le Moko” (1937): Failure to Escape

Comments on the 1936 film Pépé le Moko, starring Jean Gabin, and set in the Casbah

16 years ago