Essays
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Happy Holidays from PT Anderson: The Director’s New Film Drops Christmas Day
Anytime Paul Thomas Anderson releases a new movie is cause for celebration, but this year doubly so. Via Jeff Sneider, EIC of The Tracking Board, it…
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One Perfect Pod: Shot by Shot with ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
A companion piece to this week’s Shot by Shot podcast.
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How ‘The Force Awakens’ and ‘Rogue One’ Brought One Grumpy Film Critic To The Force
A Star Wars Story. One of the quirks of my cinephile upbringing was that, despite Star Wars coming out the year before I was born, I…
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Godard on Godard Biopic: ‘Stupid, Stupid Idea.’ But the Show Goes On
From Michel Hazanavicius, director of ‘The Artist.’ Jean-Luc Godard is no less than one of the five most influential filmmakers in the history of the medium.…
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‘True Detective’ Isn’t Back Yet, But When It is, David Milch is Coming with It.
The ‘Deadwood’ creator comes aboard a potential third season. It’s been a long, strange trip to be sure, and we’re not exactly there yet, but it…
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What If? ‘The Graduate’ as a Horror Film
A fan trailer reimagines Mike Nichols’ classic coming-of-age story.
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The ‘Dreamworks Face’ Must Be Stopped
Animated arched eyebrows are a plague on creativity.
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Fan Theory Friday: Is RoboCop American Jesus???
Finally, a religion we can all get behind. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a good man just trying to introduce order to a…
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I Don’t Know WTF This Is, But I Love and Fear It
Short of the Day Seriously, you have to see ‘Hi, Stranger.’ I’m at a loss for words. This doesn’t happen often, fortunately, but as of this…