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Movie Houses of Worship: The Indiana University Cinema
“Movie Houses of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those temples of cinema catering to the most religious-like…
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Fund This Film: ‘Man vs. Snake’ Is Like ‘The King of Kong, Too’
Do we need another documentary involving an arcade game rivalry from the 1980s? Yes, especially if it actually ends up being better than The King…
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19 Things We Learned From the Original ‘Friday the 13th’ Commentary
“I have pictures where [Tom Savini is] baking Betsy Palmer’s head in an oven.”
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Could You Really Jump Like John Carter on Mars?
Mars has been the source of fascination for writers of science fiction for more than a century. Even today, after decades of knowledge about the…
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Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen ‘Riddick’: Any Westerns
Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen ‘Riddick’: Any Westerns Initially I set out to compile a list of specific movies to watch after you’ve seen Riddick,…
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Fund This Film: Jay Duplass and Linas Phillips Take a ‘Manson Family Vacation’
This past Thursday was Werner Herzog’s birthday. We wanted to get him something special, so I’ve made Manson Family Vacation the subject of this week’s…
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It’s Been Nearly Two Decades Since a Woman Was Lead Orchestrator on a Tentpole Film
Last year I posed the question, “Where are all the female composers?” The answer was not as dire as the question may have suggested. Yes…
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18 Things We Learned From the ‘Now You See Me’ Commentary
Sandwiched between massive blockbusters (like Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel) and high-profile flops (like After Earth and The Lone Ranger), Louis Leterrier’s Now…
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10 Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen (Or Instead Of Seeing) ‘One Direction: This Is Us’
I understand that not a lot of FSR readers are even marginal One Direction fans, let alone “directioners,” so bear with me this week as…
