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Viewer Guide: “Exodus” and “Jasper Jones”

February 23, 2023 | Richard Peña

REEL 13 DOUBLE FEATURE | EXODUS Tonight’s double feature begins with Exodus, the 1960 historical drama on the post-World War II creation of Israel, directed by Otto Preminger.  Adapted by blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo from Leon Uris’ best-selling novel, Exodus takes place in the weeks leading up to the 1947 U.N. Partition ...

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Viewer Guide: “The Kings Speech” and “Inez & Doug & Kira”

February 10, 2023 | Richard Peña

REEL 13 DOUBLE FEATURE | THE KINGS SPEECH This week’s double feature begins with The King’s Speech, the 2010 historical drama directed by Tom Hooper.  The King’s Speech stars Colin Firth in an Oscar-winning performance as King George the VI. But when we first encounter him, the year is 1925 and he ...

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Viewer Guide: “Doctor Zhivago” and “Emperor”

November 9, 2022 | Richard Peña

REEL 13 DOUBLE FEATURE | DOCTOR ZHIVAGO This week’s double feature begins with Doctor Zhivago, the epic 1965 romantic drama of the Russian revolution, directed by David Lean.  Adapted by Robert Bolt from Boris Pasternak’s Nobel Prize-winning novel, despite its enormous scale Doctor Zhivago is essentially the personal story of a handful ...

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Viewer Guide: “Bringing Up Baby” and “Made in Belfast”

October 26, 2022 | Richard Peña

REEL 13 DOUBLE FEATURE | BRINGING UP BABY This week’s first feature is Bringing Up Baby, a 1938 screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, directed by Howard Hawks.  Bringing Up Baby represents the American screwball comedy in arguably its most perfect, crystalline form, the film against which every other pretender ...

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Viewer Guide: “Citizen Kane” and “The Immigrant”

October 19, 2022 | Richard Peña

REEL 13 DOUBLE FEATURE | CITIZEN KANE This week’s double feature begins with Citizen Kane, the groundbreaking 1941 classic directed by Orson Welles in his theatrical film debut.  Little introduction is needed for perhaps the most legendary and acclaimed work of American cinema. In essence, Citizen Kane appears to be a simple ...

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Viewer Guide: “Little Man Tate” and “Arsenic and Old Lace”

October 5, 2022 | Richard Peña

REEL 13 DOUBLE FEATURE | LITTLE MAN TATE This week’s double feature begins with Little Man Tate, the 1991 drama marking the feature film directing debut of Jodie Foster.   Jodie Foster also stars in the film as Dede Tate, a single-mother whose modest income as a waitress doesn’t provide for more than ...

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Viewer Guide: “A Mighty Wind” and “Jasper Jones”

September 21, 2022 | Richard Peña

REEL 13 DOUBLE FEATURE | A MIGHTY WIND This week’s double feature begins with A Mighty Wind, the 2003 documentary parody directed by Christopher Guest.  Often referred to as one of the classics of the “mockumentary” genre, there’s actually not all that much mocking going on in this affectionate spoof of a ...

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Viewer Guide: “Giant” and “Inez & Doug & Kira”

September 14, 2022 | Richard Peña

REEL 13 DOUBLE FEATURE | GIANT This week’s double feature begins with Giant, the epic 1956 western drama directed by George Stevens.  Adapted from Edna Ferber’s 1952 novel, Giant lives up to its title, offering a sprawling cinematic chronicle of 20th century Texas history, recounted through the family saga of Jordan “Bick” ...

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