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Blog Entries by John Farr from 10/2010

Never Again: Ten Great Holocaust Films You May Have Missed

| Posted 10.10.2010
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We should all periodically revisit the best books and films on the Holocaust, however unpleasant, to keep our own awareness, watchfulness, and revulsion very much alive. There is no shortage of worthy choices.

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Missing Mr. Matthau

| Posted 10.17.2010
Read More: Glenda Jackson, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, Kirk Douglas, Billy Wilder, Best Movies on DVD, Best Movies by Farr, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, Sidney Lumet, Robert Shaw, Jack Lemmon, Don Siegel, Elia Kazan, Gregory Peck, News

On the first of this month, Walter Matthau, who left us just a decade ago, would have turned ninety. Ruminating on this unnoted milestone made me consider anew what a unique and gifted screen actor he was.

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Going Bump in the Night: More Prime Halloween Movie Fare

| Posted 10.29.2010
Read More: Suspiria, Halloween, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Guillermo Del Toro, Stanley Kubrick, Don Siegel, The Ring, The Shining, Poltergeist, George Romero, Dawn of the Dead, Steven Spielberg, Horror Movies, Dario Argento, Roman Polanski, Halloween 2010, News

My own personal exploration into the movies that petrify me most inspired me to compile a fresh list of skin-crawling entries that in my view do full justice to the spirit of Halloween.

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