Read my ★★★★★ review of John Cassavetes' 1976 "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," in which I once again approach the work of this social-realist pioneer but, instead of all my other attempts, this time find something brilliant and mesmerizing. Wow, this movie! https://boxd.it/41tZsJ

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47 years ago:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (US)
Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an undergr...
1976-02-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/32040
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