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Around Town: The Sherman brothers' 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'
24 FramesA Marx brothers retrospective, a Marilyn Monroe double bill and a screening of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" featuring the work of the late composer Robert Sherman and his brother Richard are among this week's highlights.... -
'Touchez Pas au Grisbi' (1953)
Times Staff WriterWith its impenetrable title and unmatchable cast, the classic 1953 "Touchez Pas au Grisbi" (Don't Touch the Loot) is a wonderful treasure from the seemingly inexhaustible cornucopia of crackling French crime dramas. A major work by the underappreciated...Tags: Eyewear, Drama (genre), Entertainment, Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice
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Movie review: 'Black Orpheus'
Tribune movie critic3½ stars (out of four) "Black Orpheus" is a film that art-house audiences in 1959 loved madly. And who can blame them? A buoyant, searingly colorful retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth set in Rio de Janiero, writer-director's Marcel Camus' movie...Tags: Jean Cocteau, Entertainment, Dance, Arts and Culture, Sports
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'Classe Tous Risques'
Times Staff WriterTo come across "Classe Tous Risques" is like discovering a bottle of marvelous French wine you didn't remember you had, opening it and finding it every bit as delicious as its reputation promised. That's how good this classic fatalistic French gangster...Tags: Cinema Industry, Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Family, Crimes
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