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JUNE 20, 2007: “THE TWO OF US”
Is "The Two of Us" the family film of the year? If you've got children old enough to be aware of the Holocaust, even in its most general dimensions, or if you've had discussions about prejudice and man's inhumanity to man, Claude Berri's black-and-white 1967 debut feature, just released by Criterion, is something of a marvel: a film founded on tragic events that ends up affirming the human comedy. Eliza and Natalie watched it with a gravity that slowly turned to joy.
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MARCH 30, 2007: BUSBY BERSERKELY
So Eliza was in a middle school production of "42nd Street" last weekend -- she was in the chorus and she tap-danced just fine, thanks -- and after the costumes had been stowed and the cast-party ice cream had been devoured, she and Natalie and I watched "Dames," one of the movies on which the stage musical was based. And once again our minds were collectively blown by the demented genius of Busby Berkeley.
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MARCH 23, 2007: “GREEN FOR DANGER” — UNSUNG BRITISH MYSTERY
It's the middle of World War II in the British countryside: bombs are dropping, rations are scarce, and the doctors and nurses of a makeshift rural hospital are hard pressed to do their jobs. Then a local postman dies on the operating table. And then it appears he was murdered...
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"Terrific, necessary, and carried out with integrity, intelligence, sensitivity, and totally without condes- cension. Ty Burr's book can lead to a lot of pleasure–of the life-long kind."
—Peter Bogdanovich
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