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...guest bedrooms of a series of women from his romantic past. But unlike your basic home movie, McElwee has not sent forth a slew of random holiday footage. On the contrary, he has edited meticulously some 30 hours of hand-held adventure filming to produce a rueful, bittersweet gem...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: McElwee's Sherman | 12/12/1985 | See Source »

...moments, the battle, the politicking, and the arguing. His device of constantly returning to an imagined panel of historical researchers drawn from prominent Texans slows down the narration, and it can be skipped without historical loss, but as a view of modern Texas it will be considered a priceless gem when historians look back at the present from a time years in the future when Texas is little different from New York...

Author: By David S. Graham, | Title: The Facts Without the Feelings of Texas | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

Harvard is a gem in the eye of an architectural historian, and that could not be ignored by choosing just another architect. The Arthur M. Sackler Museum, as the Fogg extension came to be named, was to be a building to house art, yet it also had to sparkle as an architectural work...

Author: By Victoria G. T. bassetti, | Title: Stirling's Sackler: Worth Weight in Gold? | 10/17/1985 | See Source »

...counting cases of jock straps in a warehouse, I heard this gem. Next to a story about three nuns and an exercise bike, it is the worst attempt at humor I have ever seen. It goes as follows...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Special Duty | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

...Better realized is a future segment starring Comedian Robert Klein as a man who is plunged into a world where words have inexplicably changed their meaning. It is a nifty premise, directed in lucid, economical style by Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street). The episode is a little gem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Old Habits, New Formats | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

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