Author: Christopher Campbell
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The Best Stories of the Week, August 10
The biggest news of the week is something that happened a bit quietly yet wonderfully: FSR got a great (if we say so ourselves) new…
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5 Brilliant Things You Should Know About ‘Real Genius’
The Val Kilmer-led college comedy is perfectly titled.
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Reality Check: When Shark Week and News Networks Are No Longer Trusted Sources for Just the Facts
Just as with box office figures, you can’t always gauge actual popularity from TV ratings. For example, on Sunday night Discovery Channel earned its greatest…
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All Movie Fans Need to Watch HBO’s ‘Casting By’
All Movie Fans Need to Watch HBO’s ‘Casting By’ One of the best anecdotes in the documentary Casting By, which premieres tonight on HBO, relates the…
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6 Scenes We Love From ‘Say Anything…’
6 Scenes We Love From ‘Say Anything…’ No, there’s no special anniversary for Cameron Crowe’s directorial debut. At least not for another eight months, when…
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Peter Capaldi Announced as the Twelfth Doctor on ‘Doctor Who’
We don’t have to wait for the next Doctor Who Christmas Special to find out who will play the regenerated Twelfth Doctor, as Scottish actor…
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Fund This Film: ‘The Dog’ Tells the True Story Behind ‘Dog Day Afternoon’
You likely already know that Dog Day Afternoon was based on a true story. But did you know the inspiration for Al Pacino’s character didn’t…
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Spend August With the Greatest Documentary Character of All Time: Charleen Swansea
Every month, the online movie streaming service SundanceNow features a program of documentaries curated by Thom Powers (doc programmer for TIFF and other film fests).…
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Watch Aubrey Plaza and Maggie Carey’s First Collaboration ‘The Jeannie Tate Show’
This is another edition of Short Starts, where we present a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. While the new…