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Stream On: Going Greene with ‘Confidential Agent’
Graham Greene only wrote the book for money, but this film adaptation was one of the few of his novels that he enjoyed.
Nov 3, 2023
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Stream On: Going Greene—‘This Gun for Hire’
Raven the hitman, in the Graham Greene story ‘This Gun for Hire,’ was the part that earned Alan Ladd a place at the table in Hollywood.
Jan 12
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Stream On: Going Greene in Haiti with ‘The Comedians’
Haiti is unfortunately no stranger to turmoil. Novelist Graham Greene wrote about it in a 1966 novel and a 1967 screenplay.
Mar 22
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Stream On: Going Greene—‘The End of the Affair’
Be careful what you pray for! Two film versions of Graham Greene’s great “Catholic novel.”
Oct 13, 2023
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Stream On: Going Greene—‘The Quiet American,’ a very bad dancer
Let’s just look at Phuong, this daughter of a professor, taxi dancer, mistress of an older European man. That pretty much describes Vietnam in 1952.
Sep 29, 2023
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Stream On: Going Greene—‘The Third Man.’ First in an occasional series
Holly Martins was broke and Harry Lime had offered him a job. Anyway, there he is, poor chap. Without a cent and happy as a lark—until he hears that…
Sep 1, 2023
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Stream On: the rise and fall of Truman Capote
Capote referred to ‘Answered Prayers’ as his “posthumous novel,” explaining, “either I'm going to kill it, or it's going to kill me.”
Feb 23
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Stream On: Weird scenes inside the Golden Age of TV
'Green Acres' and 'The Odd Couple'
Mar 12, 2020
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Stream On: And now for something completely … Canadian—‘The Red Green Show’
Keep your stick on the ice, eh?
May 5, 2023
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Stream On: Léon, ‘The Professional,’ another—ahem—‘cleaner’
“A perfect assassin. An innocent girl. They have nothing left to lose except each other.”
Jan 19
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Stream On: Paul Henning, Part 3—‘Lover Come Back’
Before his wildly popular trio of “rural comedies,” Paul Henning co-wrote one of Rock Hudson and Doris Day’s three beloved (and tame, by today’s…
Mar 24, 2023
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Stream On: It’s a giant goose! Red Green’s ‘Duct Tape Forever’
Friends stick together in a wild goose chase.
May 12, 2023
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