Cinematic Soulmates – The Long Goodbye and The Big Lebowski

Film noir is one of the oldest genres in cinema, and one that sort of epitomizes the films of the 1930s and 1940s.  Indeed, even modern film noirs are often period pieces, since the genre is so closely linked to those two decades, in which many of the genre’s classics first emerged.  As such, the genre often feels quaint, embodying […]

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Cinematic Soulmates: Ghost World and American Splendor

When most people think of comic book movies, they tend to think of muscle bound men and sexy women strutting around in revealing spandex costumes, striking poses and pummeling one another within an inch of their lives.  However, there is another side to comic books, one that looks at the human condition through the lens of ordinary, everyday folks who […]

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