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Entries by John Farr from 04/2010

Recalling "The Lubitsch Touch"

| Posted 04.05.2010
Read More: Tom Hanks, Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Billy Wilder, Greta Garbo, Best Movies on DVD, Ernst Lubitsch, Best Movies by Farr, Meg Ryan, Irving Thalberg, Jack Benny, News

If you have not experienced the German director Ernst Lubitsch's special "touch," well -- here's your chance.

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The Top Father/Son Movie Stars, Bar None

| Posted 04.11.2010
Read More: Charlie Sheen, Steven Soderbergh, Glenn Close, Peter Fonda, Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Anthony Quinn, Benicio Del Toro, Stanley Kubrick, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Billy Wilder, Jane Fonda, Best Movies on DVD, Best Movies by Farr, Don Cheadle, Vincente Minnelli, Henry Fonda, Ava Gardner, Jeff Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Lemmon, Lana Turner, Lloyd Bridges, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, News

With advance apologies to Lloyd and Jeff Bridges, Henry and Peter Fonda, Martin and Charlie Sheen, this special designation belongs to Kirk and Michael Douglas.

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The Heist Picture

| Posted 04.19.2010
Read More: Ashley Judd, Val Kilmer, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Ustinov, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Al Pacino, Sterling Hayden, Michael Mann, Best Movies on DVD, Peter Sellers, Best Movies by Farr, Hollywood Black List, Alec Guinness, Tim Roth, Thirteen/WNET, Herbert Lom, Robert DeNiro, Marcello Mastroianni, John Huston, Marilyn Monroe, Jules Dassin, Sidney Lumet, Claudia Cardinale, Reel 13, Best Sidney Lumet Movies, Quentin Tarantino, John Cazale, News

Great heist movies work by tying us to the unfortunate characters who populate them, and investing us in the outcome of their attempts to reach the same pot of gold so many of us chase.

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Presidential Pictures: Top Movies About The Top Job

| Posted 04.25.2010
Read More: John F. Kennedy, Kirk Douglas, Angela Lansbury, All the President's Men, Stanley Kubrick, Alan J. Pakula, Financial Reform, Peter Sellers, Michelle Williams, Bob Woodward, Jeff Bridges, Primary Colors, Richard Nixon, Carl Bernstein, Kirsten Dunst, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Robards, Joan Allen, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Clinton, Martin Sheen, John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Burt Lancaster, Thirteen/WNET, Barack Obama, Walter Matthau, Henry Fonda, Dr. Strangelove, Sidney Lumet, Gary Oldman, Thirteen Days, Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner, Rod Lurie, Hillary Clinton, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, News

Given the sheer scale and complexity of the Presidency in modern times, it's no surprise that a host of great films have explored the nature of our country's highest office.

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The Best Food Movies, By Farr (VIDEOS)

| Posted 04.29.2010
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Great movies help us explore the rich connotations of food in our lives -- how it brings us together, comforts us, and conjures memories of past events and associations.

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