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Robert Hatch
Film
January 2, 2009
The Blackboard Jungle
A film about juvenile delinquency left kids dancing in the aisles to devil’s music–Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock”–and the rock ‘n’ roll generation was spawned.
Robert Hatch
Film
January 2, 2009
Gandhi
Ben Kingsley’s channeled Mohandas Gandhi so deeply that it’s difficult to view pictures of the sainted Indian leader without thinking of the actor.
Robert Hatch
Film
January 2, 2009
Tootsie
Twenty-five years before Katy Perry, Jessica Lange kisses a girl and it feels good, even if it is Dustin Hoffman.
Robert Hatch
Film
January 1, 2009
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
A mental institution is the setting for Ken Kesey’s 1962 parable about the power of the state.
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Film
December 23, 2008
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg’s imaginary childhood friend brought to life, voiced by an aging actress with a two-pack-a-day cigarette habit.
Robert Hatch
Film
December 22, 2008
Nashville
The quintessential Robert Altman film featured a cast of hundreds and about an equal number of subplots, but who’s complaining?
Robert Hatch
Film
December 22, 2008
Dog Day Afternoon
Sidney Lumet finds the soul of New York City in a bank robbery that goes comically–and tragically–awry.
Robert Hatch
Film
December 19, 2008
Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola fuses Conrad’s
Heart of Darkness
with the Vietnam war in this sprawling, ambitious film.
Robert Hatch
Film
December 19, 2008
Network
Peter Finch asked all Americans to open their windows and shout, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore.” Excuse us a second…
Robert Hatch
Film
December 18, 2008
Atlantic City
Aging numbers-man Burt Lancaster yearns for the day when even the Atlantic Ocean “was something.”
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