Talking About Movies
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Iconic athletes on film
From Wolverines Tom Harmon to Billy Taylor, Michigan athletes make good celluloid sense.
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A novel exercise
Translating a book from page to screen is a unique challenge, especially when it’s Leo Tolstoy’s classic, Anna Karenina.
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How a little Italian film made U.S. history
Free speech in American cinema came by way of an unlikely ally: Italy’s Roberto Rossellini.
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Not just a face in the crowd
The late Andy Griffith is best known for TV work. But his film debut remains a timeless—and timely—gem.
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Winning ticket
In politics, truth often is stranger than fiction. Electioneering makes for good Hollywood fodder as a result.
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Going for the gold in mind control
For Adolf Hitler, the Olympics in Berlin was an ideal playing field for pre-World War II propaganda.
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Icons 101: A screenwriter's path to pop culture history
Discover the U-M ties that bind Bonnie and Clyde to Superman and Streisand.
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Titanic undertaking
Explore this doomed ship’s cinematic voyage from silent short to 3-D blockbuster.
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London calling
U.K. dispatch brings news of American classics and foreign gems.