Tag: Sally
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Nora Ephron Was Way More Than Just a Rom-Com Queen
When the world crowns someone as the queen of romantic comedies, it’s tough to imagine their life as anything but that title. For Nora Ephron, though, there was quite a bit more to her than just Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally; she spent years toiling away in a journalism industry that discriminated…
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Barry Season 4 Episode 8 Review: The Best Directed Show On TV Says Goodbye
Ok, everyone, let’s breathe. For some, there may be more no more compelling show on TV right now than the other big HBO series that wrapped up tonight, “Succession.” But for many of us, the show in question is “Barry,” the hybrid of dark comedy and suspense thriller that has leaned quite heavily on the…
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The director who dared to suggest Jewish men don’t need rescuing by blond women
The late film-maker Joan Micklin Silver exploded the cliches of modern romances. If only others would do the sameThe director Joan Micklin Silver, who died last week, was – to use the kind of cliche she abhorred – a pioneer. She was a female director at a time when studio executives were more than comfortable…
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Marlon Wayans to Star in ‘Ride or Die,’ aka ‘When Harry Met Sally’ with Guns
When Harry Met Sally… with guns. That’s the gist of the pitch for a new Marlon Wayans movie Ride or Die, an action-packed romantic comedy that Neal H. Moritz (Fast and Furious) will produce under his Original Film banner. Wayans teamed with Rick Alvarez to write the script, which follows a straight-laced robbery detective (Wayans)…