Charlie Bertsch / 22 Nov 2023
Communist Sentimental
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Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 film Bicycle Thieves is hard to watch but easy to rewatch.(...)
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My introduction to Dialogues des Carmelites was profoundly significant and personal.(...)
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François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows is one of cinema’s all-time classics, the 1959 film that demonstrated how deftly a new generation of French critics could transform themselves into the filmmakers of la nouvelle vague.(...)
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The Story of a Hardcore Band
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For a brief period, Italy was home to the best punk in Europe. (...)