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Cogs in the Machine: American Despair in Paul Schrader’s ‘Blue Collar’ by Vikram Murthi

Cogs in the Machine: American Despair in Paul Schrader’s ‘Blue Collar’ by Vikram Murthi

Paul Schrader’s directorial debut Blue Collar was supposedly inspired by stories of “real-life disillusionment.” Though that feeling…
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“Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai?”:

“Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai?”:

In a nightclub with the mood lighting of a surgical theater, a village belle is crying out for a husband. Her friend Champa encourages and…
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From Script to Screen: The Strange Alchemy of ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’ by Soheil…

From Script to Screen: The Strange Alchemy of ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’ by Soheil…

The word “iguana” doesn’t appear in the shooting script of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. And why should it? Written by veteran…
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Not Mad, Just Disappointed: Mothers on the Edge in the ’70s and Present by Charles Bramesco

Not Mad, Just Disappointed: Mothers on the Edge in the ’70s and Present by Charles Bramesco

Starting in the early ’70s right on through to his departure in 1982, showbiz executive Ned Tanen turned Universal Pictures into a hotbed…
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