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...English poetry, it contrasted with, and almost rebuked, the broadness of the subject. With Nasty Habits, on the other hand, the title is a fair barometer of the film makers' sensibilities. Spark's silvery resonance has, in the words of St. Paul, become as sounding brass. Christopher Porterfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sounding Brass | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...middle-class crime caper. But unlike Dick and Jane. Crook yields to no glibness. no gags, no cheap shots at the System. Goretta's comedy arises from sharp but sympathetic observation of the ways in which ordinary, well-meaning people stumble into one sad mess after another. Christopher Porterfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shapely Ironies | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

Christopher Porterfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Big One Gets Away Again | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

Pips can be heard crooning on the sound track. These interludes completely halt the action, but in view of what the action is, they are something of a relief. Christophjer Porterfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Heavy Weather | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

...Since his cause is crucial, and the need for converts great, perhaps he is right to be content with taking a different risk: that A Civil Tongue, as it follows Strictly Speaking on the bestseller lists, will be found merely entertaining by the people it ought to Sting. Christopher Porterfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uncomfortable Words | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

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