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About Joe Leydon

Award Winning Film Critic of The Moving Picture Show & The Moving Picture Blog.

Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell on Life with Father: Alfred Hitchcock

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, interviewsTags: Alfred Hitchcock, archives, interviews, Patricia Hitchcock, Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell
March 11, 1993 | There’s at least one brightly charming story in The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock, Donald Spoto’s controversial 1983 biography of The Master of Suspense,…
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Clint Eastwood on “Unforgiven”

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, interviewsTags: archives, Clint Eastwood, interviews, Unforgiven
August 6, 1992 |  Now is the summer of Clint Eastwood’s reassessment. It is the best of times for the 62-year-old superstar, as he greets a seemingly endless series of…
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Eyes Wide Shut

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, reviewsTags: Eyes Wide Shut, Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise
July 16, 1999 | Stanley Kubrick knew what you’d be expecting, and maybe even hoping for, when you bought a ticket to see Eyes Wide Shut. And so, during the opening seconds…
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Rosanna De Soto on “La Bamba”

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, interviewsTags: La Bamba, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna Del Soto
July 23, 1987 | La Bamba, a film about the short but eventful life of Mexican-American rock star Ritchie Valens, finds Rosana De Soto cast as Connie Valenzuela, mother of the…
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In Another Country

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, reviewsTags: archives, Hong Sang-soo, In Another Country, Isabelle Huppert, reviews
March 2, 2013 | French actress Isabelle Huppert isn’t only the star of In Another Country, she’s also the center of gravity for this playfully wispy yet oddly captivating doodle by…
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Bull Durham

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, reviewsTags: Bull Durham, Kevin Costner, Ron Shelton, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins
June 15, 1988 |  Bull Durham is a riotously funny and rigorously earthy romantic comedy about life, love and the pursuit of baseballs. Scriptwriter Ron Shelton (Under Fire) scores a…
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Manhunter

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, reviewsTags: archives, Brian Cox, Manhunter, Michael Mann, reviews, Thomas Harris, William Petersen
August 15, 1986 |  These days, Michael Mann is best known as the executive producer of Miami Vice, the sleek and stylish TV series that places a high premium on…
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Howard the Duck

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, reviewsTags: archives, Howard the Duck, Jeffrey Jones, Jorli McLain, Lea Thompson, reviews, Tim Robbins
August 1, 1986 |  Howard the Duck isn’t kid stuff. It's a wack!-wack!-wacky comedy-adventure, but much of its humor has a sarcastic, satirical edge best appreciated by teen-agers and adults.…
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Lone Star

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, reviewsTags: archives, Chris Cooper, Clifton James, Elizabeth Pena, John Sayles, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, reviews
June 27, 1996 | Early in John Sayles’ Lone Star, there is a heated discussion about textbooks that, quite obviously, is really about something else. The scene is a parent-teacher meeting…
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Robert Rodriguez on “El Mariachi”

Posted by By Joe Leydon Posted inarchives, interviewsTags: El Mariachi, Robert Rodriguez, Sundance Film Festival
March 15, 1993 | Robert Rodriguez had just flown in from Seattle, and, boy, did he look tired. Unshaven and bleary-eyed, the Texas-born filmmaker trundled off the airliner Thursday night, carry-on…
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