Hits and misses in uneven montage of movie musings

Gary Giddins is one of America’s foremost jazz critics - he has been the Village Voice music columnist for 30 years - and his books, among them a biography of Bing Crosby, have been well received.

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By Gary Giddins

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Gary Giddins is one of America’s foremost jazz critics - he has been the Village Voice music columnist for 30 years - and his books, among them a biography of Bing Crosby, have been well received.

Warning Shadows - the title is taken from an early German expressionist thriller - opens with an amiable ...