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Now
The Comix Section
Film Responses
Starring
Angela Lansbury
The Hoodlum Saint (1946, Norman Taurog)
A Life at Stake (1955, Paul Guilfoyle)
Mister Buddwing (1966, Delbert Mann)
Gaslight (1944, George Cukor)
Dear Heart (1964, Delbert Mann)
State of the Union (1948, Frank Capra)
Directed by Bob Fosse
Liza with a Z (1972, Bob Fosse)
Lenny (1974, Bob Fosse)
Starring
John Ashton
Beverly Hills Cop (1984, Martin Brest)
Breaking Away (1979, Peter Yates)
King Kong Lives (1986, John Guillermin)
Midnight Run (1988, Martin Brest)
Gone Baby Gone (2007, Ben Affleck)
Last Resort (1986, Zane Buzby)
Directed by Robert Altman
MASH (1970, Robert Altman)
Short Cuts (1993, Robert Altman)
The Player (1992, Robert Altman)
The Gingerbread Man (1998, Robert Altman)
The Long Goodbye (1973, Robert Altman)
Thieves Like Us (1974, Robert Altman)
Starring Hugh Jackman
Reminiscence (2021, Lisa Joy)
Bad Education (2019, Cory Finley)
Logan (2017, James Mangold)
Eddie the Eagle (2016, Dexter Fletcher)
Chappie (2015, Neill Blomkamp)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, Bryan Singer)
Directed by John Sayles
Lone Star (1996, John Sayles)
The Brother from Another Planet (1984, John Sayles)
Baby It’s You (1983, John Sayles)
City of Hope (1991, John Sayles)
Matewan (1987, John Sayles)
Starring
Nicolas Cage
Pig (2021, Michael Sarnoski)
Raising Arizona (1987, Joel Coen)
Kiss of Death (1995, Barbet Schroeder)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992, Andrew Bergman)
The Rock (1996, Michael Bay)
Drive Angry (2011, Patrick Lussier)
Starring
Dolph Lundgren
Rocky IV (1985, Sylvester Stallone), the director’s cut
I Come in Peace (1990, Craig P. Baxley)
Red Scorpion (1988, Joseph Zito)
Aquaman (2018, James Wan)
Creed II (2018, Steven Caple Jr.)
Masters of the Universe (1987, Gary Goddard)
Directed by Spike Lee
Passing Strange (2009, Annie Dorsen and Spike Lee)
BlacKkKlansman (2018, Spike Lee)
Crooklyn (1994, Spike Lee)
All-Star Comics (1976) #72
The Spirit (April 13, 1941) “Croaky Andrews’ Perfect Crime”
The Spirit (April 6, 1941) “Introducing Scarlett Brown”
Best of 1996
Bound (1996, Lana and Lilly Wachowski)
Worst of 1996
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