Karen Black (1939-2013)

Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, Karen Black occupied a singular place in movies, hovering in that rarefied atmosphere that placed...

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Prison of My Dreams

By Edward Copeland As I snap the cuffs on Will Smith's wrists, I try to look stern and sympathetic simultaneously. "I take no plea...

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Edward Copeland's Top 100 of 2012 (100-81)

By Edward Copeland With the release of the latest Sight & Sound poll, conducted every 10 years to determine the all-time best films, T...

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Edward Copeland's Top 100 of 2012 (80-61)

80 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON directed by Frank Capra (67) People like to mock Frank Capra as simple-minded at times and this film especia...

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Edward Copeland's Top 100 of 2012 (60-41)

60 OPEN CITY directed by Roberto Rossellini (56) Perhaps the crowning achievement of the Italian neorealist movement. This story of Italians...

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Edward Copeland's Top 100 of 2012 (20-1)

20 MODERN TIMES directed by Charles Chaplin (15) Charlie Chaplin was audacious enough to continue making silent films (although he did allow...

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