Tag: James Caan
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Thief (1981) – Review
The following review was originally written in August of 2012 as part of a blogathon for TCM’s “Summer Under the Stars”. Anyone who follows movie history in general, and Hollywood history in particular, know it takes a combination of factors to become a star, most of all luck. But once you reach that level, there…
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Reel 76: The Gangster Film as Allegory
This episode and the previous episode have something in common, besides the word “allegory”. All of these films are specifically anti-Capitalism allegories based in genre films. Last week it was Westerns; this week it’s Gangster films. And the only reason I didn’t put that in the episode title is because that’s a LOT of words…