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Laurel and Hardy: Year One is Another Fine Blu-ray from Flicker Alley | TV/Streaming

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“Laurel and Hardy: Year One,” a definitive and essential two-disc Blu-ray set out now from Flicker Alley, collects “The Lucky Dog” along with the first 15 shorts in which they both appeared. The shorts, released primarily in 1927, witness the evolution and blossoming of their partnership. In Leonard Maltin’s Movie Comedy Teams, Billy Gilbert, who … Read more

Point of No Return: Laurel Parmet, Eliza Scanlen, and Lewis Pullman on The Starling Girl | interview

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Jem is thrown into further turbulence by her intense connection with youth pastor Owen (Lewis Pullman). As their bond deepens and soon turns transgressive, Jem struggles with conflicting loyalties to the church, her community, and her autonomy. Writer/director Parmet, whose empathetic lens previously distinguished shorts “Spring” and “Kira Burning,” steers her feature debut through a … Read more