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Save the Tiger
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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[Save the Tiger], despite its flaws, stands as a remarkable achievement for its writer, Steve Shagan; its director; and, perhaps above all, its star, Jack Lemmon.
Posted Jun 29, 2020
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Blume in Love
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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[Mazursky's] particular brand of lifestyle comedy-drama, involving marriage and divorce and sex and pot and psychiatry in Los Angeles, is as dreary and old hat and contrived as [Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice] seemed at the time.
Posted Jun 29, 2020
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The Hireling
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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[The Hireling is] a beautifully conceived and executed film, immaculate in its every detail and marked by brilliant performances that are, glowingly, a part of the whole.
Posted Jun 29, 2020
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Tom Sawyer
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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And you have to have a passel of kids around you... to know that there's a children's classic at hand and that you can double your pleasure in adulthood by knowing the generations are ungapped thereby.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
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Ludwig
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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There is no apparent intelligence in the way all this has been stuck together, let alone the way in which mind-shriveling dialogue has been assigned various mouths.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
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Lost Horizon
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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The musical aspects are the most disastrous because the cast is a first-rate one in straight performance.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
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The Nelson Affair
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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This is the kind of "historical" that transports one in time to encounter timeless truths about people. And therein is the satisfaction.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
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Last Tango in Paris
(1972)
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Judith Crist
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[Brando provides] two sequences of such power, of such piercing emotional intensity and perception, that he brings an aura of greatness to the entire film. It is, alas, only an aura, for the film is all machismo.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
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Lady Caroline Lamb
(1972)
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Judith Crist
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The result is a creakingly old-fashioned costume melodrama splattered with historic facts that succeed only in clashing with the fiction.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
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Bone
(1972)
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Judith Crist
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Cohen has over-loaded his plotting with a jerkily edited-in sub-theme involving the couple's son; too many of his scenes last several minutes too long. But his concept is a biting and clever one, his insights fresh and bold, his characters refreshing.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
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Innocent Bystanders
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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The whole thing is as incredible as it is unappetizing.
Posted Jun 12, 2020
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The Getaway
(1972)
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Judith Crist
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It's fast, furious, full of shoot-outs and car chases, lovely little side-forays into suspense and irony, and tidbits of genuine humor.
Posted Jun 11, 2020
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
(1972)
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Judith Crist
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It's all very movie-movie, with even that happy ending we schmaltz-lovers love so well.
Posted Jun 11, 2020
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Travels With My Aunt
(1972)
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Judith Crist
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You'll have a wonderful trip with Travels.
Posted Jun 11, 2020
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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Paul Newman's second film as director, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, based on Paul Zindel's 1971 Pulitzer Prize play, not only confirms his abilities but, with a screenplay by Alvin Sargent, transcends the original.
Posted Jun 11, 2020
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Man of La Mancha
(1972)
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Judith Crist
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If you are a la Mancha devotee, you will love the film: if you were cool, or unaware, you will find a surprisingly good entertainment on hand, with stars well worth the gazing.
Posted Jun 11, 2020
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Chloe in the Afternoon
(1972)
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Judith Crist
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Rohmer's gift is in his subtle differentiation between the cliches of relationships and the eternal verities that are at the heart of those cliches.
Posted Jun 11, 2020
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Diary of Forbidden Dreams
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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Polanski and his pals may have had a fine time cavorting around the villa but it's not catching on a 112 minutes of film.
Posted Jun 11, 2020
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A Doll's House
(1973)
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Judith Crist
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[An] excellent cinematic version of the lbsen work, filmed in Norway, with a fine cast and a commendably literate screenplay by David Mercer.
Posted Jun 11, 2020
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