Lucas McNelly runs the film collective d press Productions. Both his films and his writings about film are enjoyed by audiences worldwide.
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DVD Review: The Lady Eve
Not realizing they're con artists is odd, but falling in love in two days?
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DVD Review: His Girl Friday
This is one of the best comedies you'll ever see.
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DVD Review: The Shop Around the Corner
You know that in the end the two leads will realize they are in love with each other, but you're having so much fun watching the proceedings that you really don't care.
A stunning and gut-wrenching film that makes a case for being the best American film of the decade.
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DVD Review: Ninotchka
The film is capitalist propaganda of the most effective kind, and makes no apologies for that fact.
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DVD Review: Chelovek s kino-apparatom
To say it is influential to visual artists everywhere is a gross understatement.
Director Paul McGuigan is more talented than this film indicates. Here's hoping he just got lazy.
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DVD Review: On the Waterfront
Can it be possible to both love and hate the same film? Honestly, I don't yet know.
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DVD Review: Sherlock, Jr.
Do we care that the dream sequence is beyond the suspension of disbelief? Of course not.
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DVD Review: Camille
Even for a period drama, the film has not aged all that well, but the story is a timeless one that cuts through the drivel and strikes a resounding chord.
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