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Keep The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Alive

All the hubbub yesterday about funding the Veronica Mars movie made us think that we should make a plug for the effort to restore and digitize the classic French movie...

Film Diary: Wings

Film Diary: Krylya, 1966, directed by Larisa Shepitko Russian director Larisa Shepitko's career was cut way too short when she was killed in a car accident at age 41, but...

Film Diary: Netflix instant watch gems, Part 1

A lot of people these days have Netflix instant and it seems like they're always searching for some good movies to watch on it as it's mostly a way to...

Film Diary: Loves of a Blonde

Film Diary: Lásky jedné plavovlásky, 1965, directed by Milos Forman I've always known about Milos Forman from his more Hollywood fare, but had never seen any of his earlier Czech...

Film Diary: Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

Film Diary: Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?, 1966, directed by William Klein. This DVD was another random library pick we added to our pile of movies to watch, but after seeing...

Film Diary: Miss Julie

Film Diary: Miss Julie, 1951, directed by Alf Sjöberg. We picked up this DVD from the library just because it was on Criterion. Little did we know that Sjöberg is...