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Yes, No, Maybe So: "August: Osage County"
Oscar-teasing trailers are just like Oscar bait movies: they all come out at the same time. Can't there be a little breathing room? After Captain Phillips warned us that Tom Hanks (and Paul Greengrass)...
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Visual Index ~ Summertime (1955)
When I scheduled Summertime for the "Hit Me..." series I admit I expect a huge drop off in participation due to its lack of any significant or least still-discussed reputation in the careers of David...
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May Flowers: Stage Door
The Calla Lilies Are in Bloom Again... Such a strange flower. Suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day and now I place them here in memory of something that has died. That line,...
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Resurrection and the Protocol of Promos
Last night the first promotional photo of the cast from the new Joss Whedon series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." premiered. And here it is in all its *anonymous* 'glory'... Whedonverse Series #5... Expect...
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A Cluster of Links
articles elsewhereThe House Next Door Aaron Tveit on the riseSalon Jennifer Wright relays the joy and weirdness of tweeting The Great Gatsby line by lineIn Contention Warner Bros will distribute Ryan...
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Posterized: How Many Hepburns Have You Seen?
We end our Katharine Hepburn theme week on The Great Kate's birthday, today! Katharine Hepburn made 43 motion pictures in her 62 years on the big screen. How many have you seen? I've collected the...
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Happy Mothers Day! (What's the Last Movie You Took Your Mother To?)
Did you call your mother yet? I was just talking to mine. Before we hung up, apropos of nothing, she says... I was watching Turner Classic Movies this week. Sometimes I think of you when I watch."...
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Review: "The Great Gatsby"
This review originally appeared in my column at Towleroad "Gatsby. What Gatsby?" Daisy asks with a rush of girlish 'it can't be!' alarm, her nerves far overpowering the tiny glimmer of hope you think...
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P.S. Katharine Hepburn's "Guess Who" Oscar
Andrew here, shining a final light on Katharine Hepburn, a postscript to TFE's generous Katharine Hepburn week despite our host never having been a huge fan. Nathaniel’s write-up on Katharine’s twelve...
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Reader Spotlight: Daniel Massie
We're getting to know The Film Experience community one-by-one. You can read a bunch of past interviews here. Today's "Reader Spotlight" is Daniel, an art student from Scotland. You can follow him on...
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Box Office Big Spenders: Tony Stark vs Jay Gatsby
Excess was in this weekend, the second of the summer movie season despite the slight technicality of Spring having just started. Billionaires Tony Stark and Jay Gatsby were flaunting their expensive...
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Curio: Cumberbitchin'
Alexa here. It's a big week for the Cumberbitches (or Cumbercollective?) out there, with Star Trek Into Darkness opening and his appearance in the first August: Osage County trailer. I can't say I'm...
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First & Last: What Did You Do?
the first & last images or lines from motion pictures the first image after opening titles last lines -Do you know what's going to happen now?-I don't.-I guess I don't either." Can you guess the...
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May Flowers? Mrs Dalloway Buys Them Herself!
How soon into a movie or book or anything do you know you'll love it? When I first read The Hours, Michael Cunningham's transcendent riff on Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway" I knew as soon as Clarissa...
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Mine is all over the place today. Can't focus on any one movie... which might mean a movie marathon is in store. When's the last time you had one?
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Here's to Angelina Jolie
Additional respect to Angelina Jolie for her brave editorial about her double mastectomy. It's one thing to go public with a difficult health decision. It's quite another to go public when the health...
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Top Ten: Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine"Today is Cate Blanchett's birthday and since we just celebrated her Oscar-winning altar ego Katharine Hepburn, why not extend the love? As longtime readers...
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Agent of L.I.N.K.
RogerEbert.com Cannes video essay the films of 1960Reverse Shot 20 shots to be henceforth retired from film vocabulary 2. It starts off in a long shot and a guy's all far away and walking toward the...
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First & Last: What's Under the Bed?
first and last - movie puzzles the first image (after the opening credits) the last line of dialogue Everything smells so much better now, yes." Can you guess the movie? Bonus points if you can tell me...
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Visual Index ~ The Talented Mr Ripley's Best Shot(s)
For this week's edition of Hit Me With Your Best Shot, we stayed another summer in Italy. We didn't follow an American spinster this time but a young shapeshifter known as The Talented Mr Ripley. He...
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