Author: Noah Gittell
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‘The Giver’ and the Politics of Millennials
The Weinstein Company With our federal government currently suffering record levels of disapproval, political pundits are starting to look to the future. Millenials are quickly…
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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Final Starring Role Hints at a Brilliant Career Third Act We’ll Never See
Roadside Attractions When artists die young, their legend often grows disproportionately to their record of accomplishments. When James Dean passed away after making just three…
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Can a Movie Save Rock and Roll?
The Weinstein Company In just two films, writer/director John Carney may very well have created a new genre: the neo-musical. First, there was 2006’s Once,…
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Why David Gordon Green’s New Movie Is Actually About His Career
One way to describe the tone of Prince Avalanche, the new film by director David Gordon Green, is that it feels like a mash-up of…
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Banned in the Middle East, ‘The Attack’ Takes a Page From Tarantino
When I spoke recently with Ziad Doueiri, writer and director of The Attack, I couldn’t help but ask him a bit about his biography, which…