Roman Polanski was born August 18, 1933 in Paris. The sordid details of his flight from the United States in 1978 have often overshadowed discussion of the director’s work, which at the age of 77, includes one of the best films of 2010. Is he a world class filmmaker? In the month of August, I [...]

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In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak onto Turner Classic Movies [...]

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In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak onto Turner Classic Movies [...]

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Breezy (1973)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by Jo Heims
Produced by Robert Daley
108 minutes
Folded into a 1973 seat cushion between High Plains Drifter (which he starred in and directed) and Magnum Force (which he reprised his role as Dirty Harry to stellar box office returns) is a slightly crumpled but remarkable sketch Clint Eastwood directed William [...]

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