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You Can’t Take It With You (Capra, 1938)
The situation is timeless, but the setting is very much of the moment.
A young man and a young woman are in love. They have dreams for the future. Wars and rumors of wars stoke the …
The Great Dictator (Chaplin, 1940)
A lot of critical ink has been used to talk about how politically brave the film is, given that the outcome of the war was in no ways assured in 1940. So I was ready for the political satire and the humanistic speech at the end. Here’s what I wasn’t ready for–how darn funny the film can be.
Beau Travail Credits
Dennis Lavant’s break dance at the end of Beau Travail

