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Never on Sunday's civilization clash1 comment

chronotopist wrote 3 months ago: A friend of mine recommended the 1960 classic Never on Sunday (directed by Jules Dassin, starring Me … more →

Tags: Culture, Ideology, USA, Civilization, Greece, Never on Sunday, Values

Vilnius—European Capital of Culture, 20091 comment

Ron Pavellas wrote 4 months ago: The title of this week’s article comes from the presentation made by Mr. Sigitas Brazinskas t … more →

Tags: History, Geography, european union, European Capitals of Culture, Mindaugas, Republic of Lithuania, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vilnius, Vincas Kudirka

Where Are They? The Victors (1963)8 comments

John Greco wrote 5 months ago:  ”Where Are They?” will be an occasional series on missing films. They are rarely, if ev … more →

Tags: Where are they?, Carl Forman, Eli Wallach, George Hamilton, George Peppard, Jeanne Moreau, Peter Fonda, The Victors, Vince Edwards

Short Review: Never on Sunday

joshclaytonfilm wrote 5 months ago: Never on Sunday (Jules Dassin, 1960, Greece) seems a lot older than it really is.  A dialogue-heavy … more →

Tags: Films I've seen, Never on Sunday, Jules Dassin

detour, still: the woman from greece

sunbathinglizard wrote 6 months ago: i mentioned i guess that hildegard knef is one of my early musical memories – a very early on … more →

Tags: Music

The Wind and the Lion

tiwod wrote 6 months ago: An American is kidnapped by a rebellious Arab chieftain, principally as a means to embarrass the Su … more →

Tags: The Wind and the Lion, Candice Bergen, king solomon s mines, Stewart Granger, Chris Aller, Luis Barboo, Deborah Baxter, Sean Connery

So illusion.19 comments

dcairns wrote 7 months ago: * Awhile back I posted some vague thoughts about 10.30 PM SUMMER, a 1966 Jules Dassin film writ … more →

Tags: film, 10.30PM Summer, Isabel Maria Perez Garcon, Jules Dassin, marguerite duras, peter finch, Romy Schneider

Never on Sunday...5 comments

brouhahahaha wrote 1 year ago: I tend to refrain from shopping for yarn on Sunday, preferring instead to clean the house laze abou … more →

Tags: knitting, Shameless Self-Indulgence, lace, Shameless, Cleaning, Misti Alpaca, Blue Moon Fiber Arts, shameless yarn hussy, Woodbridge

The hearth moved13 comments

dcairns wrote 1 year ago: Ground-breaking sexual shenanigans from Jules Dassin’s PHAEDRA. Faced with the challengin … more →

Tags: film, Music, mythology, Anthony Perkins, Barbet Schroeder, Biographical Dictionary of Film, Clockwork Orange, David Thomson, Don't Look Now

A Farewell to Jules Dassin

grpresspoland wrote 1 year ago: (GREEK NEWS AGENDA)    Jules Dassin (born Julius Dassin), famous noir films director passed away yes … more →

Tags: Cinema, Greece, Cultcure, Music, Kostas Karamanlis, Greek junta, Never on Sunday, Mános Hadjidákis, Julius Dassin

Film Director Jules Dassin dies

grhomeboy wrote 1 year ago: Hospital officials say American film director Jules Dassin has died in Athens at age 96. Dassin made … more →

Tags: HMN>MoviesLife, HMN>MoviesLifeGreek, Cinema, films, HMN>Greece, Jules Dassin, Movies, News

International conference at the New Acropolis Museum

grhomeboy wrote 1 year ago: The place, the viewpoint and the general atmosphere of the conference on the return of cultural prop … more →

Tags: HMN>ShowsConferences, HMN>VoteForReturnGreekMarbles, HMN>ArtsMuseums, HMN>Greece, News, Culture, Parthenon marbles, Conferences, Museums

Awaiting the Marbles’ return, and Melina

grhomeboy wrote 1 year ago: Ever since her grandfather, Spyros Mercouris, the Mayor of the Greek capital, used to take her out f … more →

Tags: HMN>ArchaeologyGreece, HMN>ArtsMuseums, HMN>VoteForReturnGreekMarbles, Acropolis Museum, Culture, HMN>Greece, Melina Mercouri Foundation, Museums, Parthenon marbles

It's that light-bulb again.6 comments

dcairns wrote 1 year ago: (Warning — contains the human body.)  Just wanted to share this opening sequence with you … more →

Tags: film, Literature, Fellini, Jules Dassin, 10.30PM Summer, marguerite duras, Duras, Spirits of the Dead

Lighting8 comments

dcairns wrote 1 year ago: bulbOriginally uploaded by donpayasos I figured out how to do frame grabs! And for a total techno-y … more →

Tags: film, Literature, Richard Widmark, Jules Dassin, 10.30PM Summer, Gabor Pogany, marguerite duras

Happy Birthday Jules Dassin!1 comment

dcairns wrote 1 year ago: I was rooting for Billy Wilder to outlive Leni Riefenstahl but he let me down.    Director Jules Das … more →

Tags: film, Mario Bava, Jules Dassin, Night and the City, Birthday, 10.30PM Summer, Rififi, The Naked City, topkapı


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