The Queue

The Queue is an oft-recurring column in which Meg Shields provides you with a distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web.

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Quentin Tarantino First Film My Best Friends Birthday

How Quentin Tarantino’s Lost First Film Predicted His Whole Filmography

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Before ‘Reservoir Dogs’ there was ‘My Best Friend’s Birthday.’

The Turin Horse

Destructive Complacency and the Call to Action of ‘The Turin Horse’

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It’s possible to read ‘The Turin Horse’ as life-affirming. You just need to know your Nietzsche.

Full Metal Jacket Cinematic Gaze

The Eyes Have It: A Celebration of the Cinematic Gaze

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Here’s looking at you…and you…and you…

Moma Film Conservation Preservation

Conservation vs. Preservation: How MoMA is Safeguarding Film Heritage

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Conservation? Preservation? What’s the difference? Here’s how the Museum of Modern Art is making film — and film heritage work — more accessible.

Close Encounters Of Third Kind sequel Night Skies

The Fruitful Failure of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ Sequel

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Steven Spielberg’s ‘Night Skies’ was never made, but what audiences wound up getting instead was much better.

Bigtop Burger Steve

Drop What You’re Doing and Watch ‘Bigtop Burger’

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Does anyone fancy a hamburger? From an interdimensional food truck run by clowns?

Lucifer Rising magick lantern cycle Kenneth Anger

The Enigmatic Impact of the Magick Lantern Cycle

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Do what thou wilt, but consider watching this video essay on Kenneth Anger’s life’s work.

Jackie Chan Police Story end credits

Every Movie Should End Like Jackie Chan’s ‘Police Story’

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(Chanting) Montage! Montage! Montagae!

John Woo action Hard Target Jcvd

There are Action Directors and Then There’s John Woo

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Cue the doves.