Negatives: “suggestions of the unspeakable”

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Fifth Estate # 69, December 26, 1968-January 8, 1969

Remember “Mademoiselle,” the Tony Richardson-Jean Genet collaboration in which lovely Jeanne Moreau raced around the French …

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Faces: “jolting & powerful”

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Fifth Estate # 69, December 26, 1968-January 8, 1969

John Cassavetes’ “Faces,” currently at the Studio North, is the best American American movie since “Bonnie …

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Zita

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Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968

Six years ago, Robert Enrico directed the award-winning “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” This short …

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Romeo and Juliet—Hagbard and Signe

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Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968

The biggest mistake in bringing Shakespeare to the screen is to construct some sort of stone …

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Yellow Submarine

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Fifth Estate # 67, November 28-December 11, 1968

“Once upon a time, or maybe twice, there was an earthly paradise called Pepperland, which existed …

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Raymond dumps on film reviewers

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Fifth Estate # 67, November 28-December 11, 1968

Just how do you go about opening a good movie in this town without getting jumped …

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The Bride Wore Black

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Fifth Estate # 66, November 14-27, 1968

a film review of “The Bride Wore Black” Francois Truffaut’s “The Bride Wore Black” is terrific. …

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The Battle of Algiers

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Fifth Estate # 66, November 14-27, 1968

a review of “The Battle of Algiers”

Films

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Fifth Estate # 82, June 26-July 9, 1969

“The First Time” (Studio-North) When you see “The First Time” you begin to think that this …

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Shame

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Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969

When the heroine of Ingmar Bergman’s great movie “Persona” turned on a television set and saw …

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