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“Christmas Songs” We’ve got our nerve, pushing Diana Krall’s Christmas album in November. But this one, featuring the smoothest jazz vocalist since Sarah Vaughan, promises welcome relief from all those whose-beens out there trying to exploit your merry this season.
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“The Man With the Golden Arm”
Not everything about Otto Preminger’s drug-abuse tale holds up for his film’s 50th-anniversary DVD release. But Frank Sinatra’s down-and-dirty performance as the addict and his director’s unsentimental take on a dirty habit created a gritty reality that still gets filmmakers high.
– Ray Rinaldi
