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Bowie on Film, Part 3: Movie Stardom and Beyond

Bowie on Film, Part 3: Movie Stardom and Beyond ✦

Keith Phipps Scott Tobias

Our discussion of David Bowie's film career concludes with a look at his two biggest starring roles — playing strange creatures both times — and the odds and ends that followed.

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Minding the Gaps: 'Tunes of Glory' (1960)

Minding the Gaps: 'Tunes of Glory' (1960)

Keith Phipps

Alec Guinness delivers a tour de force performance as a complicated, flawed Scottish military man in Ronald Neame's post-wartime drama.

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In Review: 'Bros,' 'Dead For a Dollar'

In Review: 'Bros,' 'Dead For a Dollar'

Keith Phipps

Billy Eichner stars in an unabashedly gay rom-com while Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe square off in a new Walter Hill western.

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Bowie on Film, Part 2: Arthouse Actor

Bowie on Film, Part 2: Arthouse Actor ✦

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

In working with world-class auteurs for 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' and 'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence,' David Bowie was inspired to bring a lot of himself into his roles.

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Celebrating One Year of The Reveal

Celebrating One Year of The Reveal

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

With the first year under our belt, we're forging ahead and continuing to expand the newsletter. A thank you to our subscribers and a sample of some of our favorite pieces so far.

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In Review: 'Don't Worry Darling'

In Review: 'Don't Worry Darling'

Scott Tobias

An Eisenhower-era utopia enters The Twilight Zone in Olivia Wilde's calamitous follow-up to 'Booksmart.'

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