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Voices and Visions from beyond HollywoodLand...

  Film Commentary, History and Reviews 
*As deconstructed by urban film critic Paulette Reynolds *

NEW Reviews

Now Featured at VIDEO LIBRARIAN 

by Paulette Reynolds
December 28, 2020

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Jefferson in Paris * by Paulette Reynolds

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                           "At first glance, Mank          seems like a film
about the collision
​between
two creative geniuses..."



...read more at Cine's Closeup



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12 Days of
Cinematic
Christmas 2020


...read more at Top Ten Faves



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Housewife Nora gets swept up
in gender politics - 
 just in time to fight
for women's suffrage...


​
...read more at The Woman's Voice


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"As a devotee of the Shakespearean Hamlet, his Scottish cousin
has repeatedly failed
to cast a spell over me, but..."




​​...read more at Cine's Closeup


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From September 1 - December 1     

TCM's extensive look
at Mark Cousins 
​Women Make Film:
A New Road Trip
Through Cinema
 highlights
the work by 183 women directors.

​...read more at Pioneering Feministas


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​PBS examines the
exclusionary history
of American Ballet -
with a little help
from film critic
Paulette Reynolds


...read more at
Documentary Picks & Pans


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​"Crime of Passion may feel like
a tale about an independent
newspaper woman who impulsively
marries a cop, gets bored with
being a suburban housewife
and meets a bloody end.
"

But is it really?

​

...read more at Noir Greats


My Pandemic Marathon Diaries :
Japanes/Korean Thrillers, Jail House Blues, Time Travel, and a Bionic Cop
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...Read more at International Films & TV

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​"Adrift in Soho asks the question - Which is more intrusive - the camera lens or the naked eye watching...?"

...read more at Indie Films 


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'Inspired by the life
​of Madam C. J. Walker'



"The tag line caught me tragically off-guard and I plunged into despair as I recognized the sinister power of the Hollywood code.  A chill of certainty ran up my spine and I knew what to expect - a muddled mass of half-truths and a whole mess of sensational storytelling - because Hollywood loves to slap a coat of shiny make-believe onto a personal memoir and pass it off as truth..."

...read more at Culture Centric Cinema


Older Reviews...
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Natalie Wood:  What Remains Behind 
​
...at Documentary Picks & Pans 


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​THE STRANGER
...at British Film and TV


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​THE TWELVE 
...at International Films & TV


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​​H4
...at Indie Films



Paulette Reynolds: 
​
@PG13Reynolds
@CinesMovieBlog

​p.reynolds@live.com

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