Alice Guy Blache is the mother of film, but for many years no one knew her name, and many filmmakers still haven’t seen her work. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blache, directed by Pamela B. Green, explores Guy Blache’s life and work from an archival perspective, with the goal of restoring her…
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Gentleman Jack is one of the most important shows on television right now. Sally Wainwright helms the new addition to BBC and HBO, which follows the historical figure Anne Lister (played by Suranne Jones) of 1830s Halifax as she manages her late uncle’s Shibden Hall estate and courts her future wife Ann Walker (played by…
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When people ask who my favorite fictional characters are, I often receive blank stares when I reply without hesitation: C. C. Baxter. The Apartment (1960) has become a classic in the Billy Wilder canon, but even if those in the conversation know who Jack Lemmon’s C. C. Baxter is offhand, they also know he isn’t…
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