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41 Things We Learned From the ‘Step Up’ Commentary

Magic Mike may be loosely based on Channing Tatum’s past as a male stripper (and Tatum proves it with his… Read More

Fade Out: Nora Ephron (1941–2012)

On June 26th, writer/director Nora Ephron died at the age of 71. According to CNN, she was undergoing treatment for… Read More

34 Things We Learned From the ‘WALL*E’ Commentary

Oh, those geeks and their wonderful ways of storing minuscule tidbits of information and pulling them from their mental storage… Read More

3 Reasons ‘Grand Illusion’ is the Greatest Anti-War Film Ever Made

In 2012, Landon Palmer began going through the Criterion Collection's library and writing about the films and why they belonged… Read More

LAFF 2012: Live Performance and Unfiltered Candor Made LAFF’s ‘Coffee Talk: Composers’ A Musical…

LAFF 2012: Live Performance and Unfiltered Candor Made LAFF’s ‘Coffee Talk: Composers’ A Musical Afternoon to RememberThe “Coffee Talk: Composers” panel… Read More

36 Things We Learned From the ‘Aliens’ Commentary

Explore everything we learned from the DVD commentary for James Cameron's Aliens. Read More

6 Filmmaking Tips From David Cronenberg

From 2012, we rounded up the best filmmaking advice we could find from the man behind such classics as 'Scanners'… Read More

Austin Cinematic Limits: Saturday Morning Massacre Goes To LA Film Fest

I know, I know. A modern day, live action reinterpretation of Scooby Doo sounds like a really horrible Hollywood pitch.… Read More

The 9 Best Moments of ‘Game of Thrones’ Season Two

Blog of Thrones lives on! Even though we’ve seen the end of Game of Thrones’ epic second season, that does… Read More

Watch: ‘A Brief History of Video Games’ Shows How Far We’ve Come

Why Watch? With a crushing techno beat built from the sounds of the games themselves, this keen short film is… Read More