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Mark Harris

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Paper Moon: Partners in Crime

On the making of one of Hollywood's iconic child characters.

by Mark Harris via Current [The Criterion Collection] on November 26, 2024

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When Tom Cruise starred in Top Gun in 1986, it wasn’t just a box office bonanza — it was a boon to the US military. Paramount Pictures

Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Love Story

For the Pentagon, films like "Top Gun: Maverick" are more than just a movie.

by Alissa Wilkinson via Vox on May 27, 2022

Soldiers inspecting damaged helmets in a scene from John Huston's 1945 film "The Battle of San Pietro."

The War Documentary That Never Was

John Huston's 1945 movie The Battle of San Pietro presents itself as a war documentary, but contains staged scenes. What should we make of it?

by Kristin Hunt via JSTOR Daily on December 5, 2019

Lyndon Johnson looking unimpressed with what Martin Luther King Jr. is saying.

Feeling Versus Fact: Reconciling Ava DuVernay’s Retelling of Selma

“There has never been an honest movie about the civil rights movement,” says civil rights leader Julian Bond.

by Daniel Judt via The Politic on March 28, 2015

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