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April 2020
Dramatically if not legally, Austrian-born producer-director Otto Preminger was always fascinated with criminal proceedings.  Beginning with his tutelage in Vienna under the legendary stage impresario Max Reinhardt, Preminger was drawn to plays that ended with courtroom theatrics.  When he shifted to film directing in America he frequently sought out opportunities to stage scenes overseen by...
DD: The NY Film Festival, which ended last weekend, was a miracle that it happened at all. The 58th festival, since its founding in 1962 by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel, faced challenges that the previous 57 never did. Like Toronto last month, it scrambled to go virtual. The good news is it turned up...

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