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Television in The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection devotes itself to important classic and contemporary films. But cinema hardly exists in a vacuum. Moving image artists have often moved between media formats, and movies have...
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Review: ‘Les Misérables’ Features Good Talent, But Director Tom Hooper Is...
There is a lot of buzz about the live singing on the set Les Misérables. All of the actors sang as the cameras rolled rather than recording in a studio first, and that’s a great accomplishment since...
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37 Things We Learned from the ‘Muppet Christmas Carol’ Commentary
Christmas is just around the corner, and you’re probably catching up on some old and new favorite films about the holidays. Among your viewings of A Christmas Story, Die Hard, and Gremlins, maybe you...
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15 Non-Festive Films That Are Technically Holiday Movies
If you’re anything like me, the same five holiday movies that run every year just aren’t enough to quench that festive thirst so deeply embossed on your very soul. You need more than that. If you are...
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Fernando Velázquez Takes on ‘The Impossible’ Feat of Adding To Emotion Rather...
It is devastating whenever something tragic and unexpected happens, but when tragedy hits during the holidays, normally a time of celebration and good cheer, the impact seems even greater. As a...
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First ‘Turbo’ Trailer is Going for Speed
What’s this? A movie about racing featuring the same pulse-pounding synth soundtrack as Drive, complete with a voiceover from a sultry leading man talking about the dangers of living life in the fast...
View ArticleSFotD: The Swedes Take on a Superhero Legend in ‘Logan’
Why Watch? Just when you thought you’d seen all the superhero things available in the universe, here comes a short film from a pair of filmmakers from Sweden who take on a familiar character in a not...
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2013 Slamdance Film Festival Announce Special Screenings and Its New Slam...
In its nineteenth year, the Slamdance Film Festival appears to be pulling out all the stops, thanks to their recent announcement of a very impressive slate of Special Screenings and their all-new Slam...
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‘The Great Gatsby’ Trailer Is the Grandest Episode of ‘TMZ’ Ever
If there’s one thing our culture never gets tired of, it’s tabloid news. Taking a promising young pretty person, anointing them with almost mythic stature, and then feasting on their misery like...
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‘Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor’ Has Ludicrous...
Given its incredibly long, semi-coloned title, you would probably think that Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor was a sequel to something, or at least an adaptation of one...
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Review: Shaggy, Meandering ‘This is 40′ Still Packs an Emotional Punch
This is 40 is not funny. Or, at least, it’s not the “funny ha ha” outing movie-goers have come to expect from Judd Apatow, purveyor of stoned Seth Rogens and manically birthing Katherine Heigls and...
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Review: ‘The Impossible’ Features Standout Performances, But Strikes An...
J.A. Bayona’s film The Impossible is based on the true story of a Spanish family who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as they were taking a Christmas vacation at a Thailand resort. We know from...
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‘This Is The End’ Teaser Trailer: Reason Enough for the World Not to End...
Just in time for (insert tons of played out end of the world jokes here), the first teaser trailer for Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg‘s This Is the End (formerly known as The End of the World) has...
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Film Jockeys #2: The Snob Who Stole Christmas
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‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ Trailer: Now You See It
If there’s anything that The Incredible Burt Wonderstone has going for it that makes it look really exciting, it’s that it offers us up the opportunity to watch Jim Carrey getting completely off the...
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Josh Gad Carries NBC’s ’1600 Penn’
On NBC’s 1600 Penn, Josh Gad plays sweet doofus Skip Gilchrist. Skip has been dawdling in college for seven years and is forced to move back home after a frat prank goes horribly wrong. The incident...
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If Film Culture is Dead, Its Zombie is Loose in Miami at the Borscht Film...
Halfway through the 2012 Borscht Film Festival, a documentary screened titled Rising Tide: A Story of Miami Artists. In the film, which offers a basic guide to the growing art scene in the city, local...
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Review: ‘Jack Reacher’ Is What You Want for Christmas
Christopher McQuarrie has been trusted for quality ever since his screenwriting debut with The Usual Suspects. It’s an intriguing movie, not only because of the twist we all know, but it’s made even...
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Best Actress: Can Both French Actresses Get In?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences loves the French. The nation has racked up 36 nominations for Best Foreign Language Film over the years, which is more than half the number of times the...
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Short Film of the Day: Tactical Elf Maneuvers Get You Christmas Ready in...
Why Watch? Since Mr. Beggs took off for an early weekend to celebrate some things that involve holiday cheer, you’re getting a double dose of my picks for Short Film of the Day. And in the spirit of...
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