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The 50 best movies of all time
From film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza's new book 'The Greatest Movies Ever,' their picks for the 50 greatest films
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10 romantic movies for Valentine's Day
Check out these 10 movies for the holiday
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Top 5 books about Los Angeles
Talk about literary America and Los Angeles is not exactly the first locale that comes to mind. However, the truth is that the City of Angels has a deep and enduring place in the history of American letters. Here are just five of the many fiction and nonfiction books that attempt to unravel the mystery that is L.A.
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Holiday gift guide 2010: Four TV and movie classics
We continue our effort to provide you with gift ideas this holiday season. In this installment, we're looking at classic movie and television show DVD collections. Earlier this week, we posted a list of "DVDs for the family" (see link below). If you decide to purchase a particular DVD, you might consider using the link below the item and help the Monitor at the same time.
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Words that work their way into our minds
Researchers at Cornell University try to figure out what makes for memorable quotes.
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The 50 best movies of all time
From film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza's new book 'The Greatest Movies Ever,' their picks for the 50 greatest films
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10 romantic movies for Valentine's Day
Check out these 10 movies for the holiday
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Chapter & Verse
'Noir City' organizer Eddie Muller on the evolution of the genre he loves
'Czar of Noir' Eddie Muller talks about the hard-boiled crime fiction that inspired film noir.
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Top 5 books about Los Angeles
Talk about literary America and Los Angeles is not exactly the first locale that comes to mind. However, the truth is that the City of Angels has a deep and enduring place in the history of American letters. Here are just five of the many fiction and nonfiction books that attempt to unravel the mystery that is L.A.
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City in ruins: L.A. reels from Lakers' capitulation in humiliating sweep
Basketball fans in Los Angeles cannot escape the depressing news: The NBA champion Lakers lost four straight to the Dallas Mavericks, and looked pretty bad doing it.
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Chapter & Verse
Noir City: the best books behind the great noir films
On the eve of the Noir City film festival launch, mystery writers list their favorite noir books.
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Holiday gift guide 2010: Four TV and movie classics
We continue our effort to provide you with gift ideas this holiday season. In this installment, we're looking at classic movie and television show DVD collections. Earlier this week, we posted a list of "DVDs for the family" (see link below). If you decide to purchase a particular DVD, you might consider using the link below the item and help the Monitor at the same time.
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George Clooney and the potential of celebrity power
Journalists tend to roll their eyes when a Hollywood star arrives in a refugee camp, calling for action. But when celebrities bring global attention to a distant and confusing conflict, and when they call for sensible diplomatic action, their star power may actually do some good.
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Why 'Islamophobia' is less thinly veiled in Europe
How anti-Muslim sentiment is different in European countries than in America.
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The American: movie review
In ‘The American,’ George Clooney plays an assassin ready for the quiet life in a picturesque Italian village.
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Breathless: movie review
Jean-Luc Godard's seminal 1960s gangster classic 'Breathless' is newly restored.
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Micmacs: movie review
Micmacs, a crazily inventive French film, has a freneticism that will eventually draw you in.
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
'The African Queen' on DVD at last, Jamie Cullum's latest burst of talent on a new CD, a tale of forgiveness on Lifetime, and more.
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Spade and Archer
A prequel to ‘The Maltese Falcon’ tells how this unlikely duo came to be.
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Delightful 'Pushing Daisies' now out on DVD, surging dance music from Congo's Kasai Allstars, a documentary about the fabled Warner Bros. studio, and more.
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'Casablanca' star lives in the shadow of his character
Paul Henreid, who played Nazi resistence leader Victor Laszlo, never achieved the fame of some of the movie's other stars and played largely European-type roles.








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