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It’s the Sixties, man, in ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 3

Season 3 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime) starts off in the too show-offy fashion that marks the worst excesses of writer-director Amy Sherman-Palladino.

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Tarantino loves, lampoons motion picture industry in luscious ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ (Movie review)

Quentin Tarantino low-key makes fun of 1969-era movie- and TV-making in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.” But the production design by Barbara Ling

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‘Blinded by the Light’s’ Pakistani family drama awkwardly mixes with Springsteen tunes (Movie review)

I love the way Javed (Viveik Kalra) loves Bruce Springsteen in “Blinded by the Light.” The Pakistani-British youth sings and dances in the street once

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‘Deceptive Practice’ (2012) features Ricky Jay as it explores magic

Scrolling through options under a “David Mamet” search on my Roku, “Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay” (2012) comes up a lot.

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‘The Terror’ starts a new historical drama for Season 2, ‘Infamy’

“The Terror” was one of the most gripping series of 2018, a rare horror TV show that maintains a creepy aura even with the escape

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Mamet creates sympathetic portrait of ‘Lansky’ (1999)

The Amazon Prime description for “Lansky” (1999) includes “notorious,” “gambling,” “bootlegging,” “racketeering” and “murder,” but the film – written by David Mamet and directed by

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‘The Old Religion’ (1997) goes into the mind of a wrongfully accused man

David Mamet is known for writing great dialog, but “The Old Religion” — his 1997 novel about the murder trial and conviction of innocent Jewish

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‘Vanya on 42nd Street’ (1994) is a clever, money-saving film

“Vanya on 42nd Street” (1994) is structured unlike anything I’ve seen before. It starts with the actors walking along the packed sidewalks of the Big

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Blackout’ (2006) (Book review)

Keith R.A. DeCandido, who wrote the solid “Serenity” novelization, checks into the Buffyverse with the series’ most heavily researched novel in terms of real-world details.

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Mamet makes a reader work in crime novel ‘Chicago’ (2018)

David Mamet’s screenplays are among the most accessible in cinema because he writes – and his actors speak – in a heightened, rhythmic way that’s

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