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Genesis, successors, recognition — that’s all you need to form a genre. For the screwball…
Year of the Month: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Don’t let anybody hurt you again, ever. They can’t anyway. You’re much too real. That…
Melancholic Screwball: INTO THE NIGHT (Year of the Month)
Into the Night resembles a lot of other films of its time: the Los Angeles…
Whither Screwball?
I feel like an old fogey when I say it, and I don’t know; maybe…
MISTRESS AMERICA: Unspoiled
There are two movies in Noah Baumbach’s latest feature, Mistress America, and the REAL movie is only…
CATS DON’T DANCE: An Overlooked Cartoon Masterpiece
It’s one of the oldest Hollywood stories there is: young dreamer comes to Hollywood looking…