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DVD review: Kurosawa's 'High and Low'

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2008-07-29 16:45:17 by Glenn Abel in DVD blog reviews home video news -- DVD Spin Doctor
Akira Kurosawa wasn't known for film noir or crime thrillers, but he did do a genre drive-by back in 1963. Of course, it's killer The Criterion Collection has reissued "High and Low," the Japanese master's tale of a hardworking corporate overlord whose life is ruined after his son is targeted by kidnappers. Toshiro Mifune plays shoe executive...
 
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Low Key Lighting in a Billy Wilder Noir

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2007-04-03 13:52:00 by johanna in the lone revue
The opening sequence of Double Indemnity sets the tone and the pacing of the entire film. In roughly ten shots, a car careens in the middle of the night and runs a stop light before finally parking in front of a locked, dark office building. Within moments, the audience can see that the man in the car is a trusted employee of an insurance firm,...
 
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Bracing for a gala full of low-wattage drainage

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2008-01-17 18:27:01 by Editor in scanners
 
I almost forgot, but I would like to thank the Writers Guild of America for the best Golden Globes ever. I didn't watch the press conference, but I heard there were some awards and that maybe some people who could afford it had some parties somewhere, even at their own homes. Perfect I was reminded of this by in article in today's New York Times...
 
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Oscars ratings sink to all-time low

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2008-02-27 02:20:43 by Behind The Scenes TV in Behind The Scenes TV
US television ratings for this years Oscars sunk to an all-time low, preliminary figures showed, as viewers turned their back on a ceremony dominated by dark, bleak films According to figures from Nielsen Media Research, Sundays three-hour-long ceremony at the Kodak Theatre averaged an audience of only 32 million viewers, the worst since records...
 
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Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in Ridley Scotts The Low Dwellers

2008-03-21 13:36:36 by Wendy in Movie Crunch
 
Leo is back! Leonardo DiCaprio will star in Ridley Scotts upcoming thriller The Low Dwellers The Hollywood Reporter reports that The Low Dwellers was written by an unknown insurance salesman; Leonardo DiCaprio will star as a parolee trying to assimilate into the outside world. Things turn dark when someone from his past wants him to settle an...
 
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Low Browin with the Guilty Pleasures

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2007-06-09 09:43:00 by HuntingtonBeachLibrary in Film at HBPL
I was browsing the new DVD titles in our Media section this week to find a worthy film to fill an evening. My eyes scanned the titles, seeing such great titles as Blood Diamond, Children of Men, Bobby, and The Queen . We DO have a great collection of current DVDs here at HBPL!! Unfortunately, I had already seen all of these but then a title...
 
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NEW LOW: NEWSWEEK WRITER CALLS BURT REYNOLDS AN "A-HOLE"

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2008-02-19 18:22:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
It takes one to know one: Burt Reynolds is referred to as an "a--hole" by a Newsweek "journalist We're no symbols of purity here at Cinema Retro. We print provocative photos quite often and openly label them as "gratuitously sexy". However, the one thing you will not find in the pages of our website or magazine is an indulgence in the rampant...
 
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OSCAR RATINGS ARE IN: ALL TIME LOW AUDIENCE NUMBERS

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2008-03-01 15:21:00 by Cinema Retro in Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s
Predictions that this year's Oscar awards would be the worst ever did not pan out. However, predictions that it would get low ratings were more than borne out by the fact the show received the lowest ratings in the history of the broadcast. Much of the problem was attributed to the abundance of art house films that dominated the nominations....
 
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Leo DiCaprio Set to Star in Ridley Scott's 'The Low Dweller'

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2008-03-21 00:00:00 by Erik Davis in Cinematical
Filed under: Drama , Casting , Deals , Fandom , Newsstand Looks like Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio are quite fond of one another, as both men have decided to team up once again on a new thriller called The Low Dweller . This script is being touted as a cross between The History of Violence and No Country for Old Men , and when the latter...
 
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