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The Past You Can’t Escape: Strained Camaraderie in Elaine May’s ‘Mikey and Nicky’
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The Past You Can’t Escape: Strained Camaraderie in Elaine May’s ‘Mikey and Nicky’

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 / 19 March 2019

Childhood friends are tricky. They're the friends you leave behind but can never completely escape. Elaine May conveys this with disruptive technique in Mikey and Nicky.

Criterion Film Offerings: French Noir, Japanese Lovers, American Gangsters and Frames of Pure Serenity
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Criterion Film Offerings: French Noir, Japanese Lovers, American Gangsters and Frames of Pure Serenity

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 / 15 January 2019

Duvivier's Panique, Mizoguchi's A Story from Chikamatsu, Kiarostami's 24 Frames, and May's Mikey and Nicky are now available on Blu-ray from Criterion. Here's what you have to look forward to.