Author: Landon Palmer
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IU Cinema Director Jon Vickers on How to Curate a Great Film Program
In 2010, Jon Vickers was named the first director of the Indiana University Cinema, a bold initiative to build a world-class film screening program at…
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Hollywood is Political (But Not the Way You Think)
The upcoming election might make the air feel a bit more politicized than it usually does, but there’s one arena that is investigated and interrogated…
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Why The Triumphant (But Quiet) Return of the Academy Ratio Matters
I recently viewed the trailer for Andrea Arnold’s upcoming Wuthering Heights. Besides being a truly awesome-looking adaptation of some literature you were probably forced to…
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The Most Relevant Movie of the Year: ‘Cosmopolis’
Warning: This article contains possible spoilers for Cosmopolis. At some point about halfway through David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, Vija Kinsky (Samantha Morton) informs young billionaire asset…
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Why the White Wealth in ‘The Impossible’ Trailer Is So Jarring
When the trailer for Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Impossible debuted on the web ‐ an upcoming holiday release starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts as…
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How Visual Albums Are Changing the Way We Think of Movies and Music Videos
The music video is in terminal condition, if not certainly dead. MTV hasn’t been associated with music for a long time, and nobody invests real…
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From George W. Bush to Cam Brady: The Politics of Will Ferrell’s Comedy
Will Ferrell is a funny man. This seems to be a fact undeniable even to those who don’t otherwise care for his brand of comedy.…
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4 Great Films Hidden in The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection is full of great movies, all carefully tabulated and accounted for with spine numbers and easily made accessible through various search means…
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Why Rotten Tomatoes is Bad for Film Criticism
In the days leading up to the release of The Dark Knight Rises, Rotten Tomatoes found itself the gravitational Bizarro-world center of the film’s anticipation.…