Features
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6 Filmmaking Tips from Richard Linklater
Here’s some free advice from the director of ‘Dazed and Confused’ and the ‘Before’ trilogy.
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Blog of Thrones: Never Forget ‘The Rains of Castamere’
There’s a scene in Silver Linings Playbook, one of last year’s big Oscar contenders, in which Bradley Cooper’s mentally unstable character, Pat Solitano, is reading…
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Fund This Film: ‘Air Sex’ Doc to Finally Bring Mimed Fornication to the Big Screen
Fund This Film: ‘Air Sex’ Doc to Finally Bring Mimed Fornication to the Big Screen Given that the Air Sex World Championships were co-founded by Alamo…
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The Spirit of ’68 in the Criterion Collection: ‘Medium Cool’ and 11 Other Films About Revolution
Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool is a film whose immediacy and docu-realism was all too fitting for an America that could, for the first time, see…
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25 Things We Learned from the ‘Independence Day’ Commentary
“People were more concerned about this dog than about the millions of people in the cities. I think it says a lot about us as a culture.”
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Blog of Thrones: The Death Index and Other Fun
Well, that was a little awkward, was it not? Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones was far more glamorous than usual. The slightly more…
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10 Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen ‘Fast & Furious 6’
One of the things I love about the latest Fast and Furious movie (whatever it’s called, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 6 or my own…
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26 Things We Learned From ‘The ABCs of Death’ Commentary
No one can accuse The ABCs of Death of lacking ambition. It features 26 short films from different directors, one for each letter of the…
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Blog of Thrones: ‘Second Sons’ Walk The Hardest Road
Game of Thrones is many things, least among them is subtle about its weekly themes. It’s part of the experience, as we’ve seen it develop…