Essays
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Cordova, Atticus and Gadyukin: The Greatest Directors You’ve Never Heard Of
Cinephilia can take the form of an insatiable hunger, an obsession that continually demands for more – films that cater to more exclusive and refined…
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National Treasures Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to Host Next Two Golden Globes
In what is great news for everyone, unless you really, really love Ricky Gervais and can’t find joy elsewhere, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are…
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10 Fantastic Short Films That Are Only A Minute Long
Every year, Filminute challenges filmmakers all over the world to tell a story in 60 seconds. After combing through all the entries, they’ve created a…
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Watching Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ as a Comedy
Looking for any excuse, Landon Palmer and Scott Beggs are using the 2012 Sight & Sound poll results as a reason to take different angles…
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Audiences Are Ruining the Quiet Horror Movie Experience
I love all kinds of movies. Especially the really good ones. But when given the choice between watching a movie in a theater packed with strangers…
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Short Film: Donald Glover Shows Off Communal Paradise in ‘Clapping For the Wrong Reasons’
Why Watch? For the second day in a row we feature a Community star’s short film output. Yesterday it was Gillian Jacobs going dark, and…
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The 14 Most Destructive Mad Scientists In Modern Cinema
by David Christopher Bell Crazy science is so embedded in movie-making that it’s been with us since the very conception of film with such classics…
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Fade Out: Dennis Farina (1944–2013)
Dennis Farina, the actor known for roles in Law & Order, Snatch, Get Shorty and Midnight Runhas died. NBC News reports that the cause of…
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Watch ‘Project Kronos,’ The Space Exploring Short Being Made Into a Feature
Why Watch? Filmmaker Hasraf Dulull has done effects work for The Dark Knight, Hellboy II and other high-profile projects, but he’s really emerging as a…