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Ingmar Bergman, Entertainer
Peter Tonguette reassess the Swedish filmmaker’s reputation in his centenary year.
Mailer’s Sixties Slump
Peter Tonguette reviews Norman Mailer: The Sixties, edited by J. Michael Lennon.
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Bonnie and Clyde actually startles with its acceptance of gangsterism.