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Wanna Help Me Plan My TIFF Schedule?
I am pleased to report that I'll be covering TIFF for the first time since (gulp)... I don't even want to talk about how long it's been though I love that city dearly. TIFF has been kind enough to...
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Awards Daily early twitter reactions to GravityGold Derby uncovers a beautiful piece of trivia I totally didn't know (that happens less often than I'd like with awardage). If Homeland's stars both win...
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Beauty Break! Which would you find most (artistically) flattering...?
We're having daily nooners with the supporting actresses of '52 in preparation for this weekend's Smackdown. But I hope I'm not burning out all our comment juice with these lead-up posts. So today, an...
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Visual Index ~ Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
We're celebrating the career of Robert Redford on and off this fall as All is Lost approaches. It's startling how many classic films he appeared in! Hit Me With Your Best Shot is nearly ready to ride...
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10 Years Ago Right Now. Remember This Kiss?
10th Anniversary Special! Ten years ago on this very night the VMAs were happening and Madonna was doing her thing (her thing being Performing / Button-Pushing) and this happened... Britney Spears in a...
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Best Shot: Butch & Sundance & Their Girl
It figures. I try to throw a curveball in our often actress-centric blogging by choosing a guy's guy movie, a buddy Western for Hit Me With Your Best Shot and the most frequent face that pops up in...
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StinkyLulu's Preliminary Thoughts on Supporting Actressing in '52
We are pleased to welcome StinkyLulu back to Smackdowning. Give him a warm welcome in the comments! - Editor It has been a while since I dropped into a random year’s field of Supporting Actress...
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Cinema Swimwear: Far From Heaven
Close Out Last Weekend of Summer Sale! The Film Experience Swimwear Line! ◀ Back to Results | You are in: Swimwear The Classy Cathy★★★★★ - 5 Reviews Product DetailsOscar perennial Sandy Powell...
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Mia Out, Mara In.
Jose here with this week's Rooney Mara news. In case you haven't heard, Mia Wasikowska dropped out of Todd Haynes' Carol in which she was to star opposite Cate Blanchett and none other than my beloved...
View Article"That was a tough summer for me and Modine"
GEENA DAVIS. God, we haven't seen her in way too long. Here she is poking fun of her movie past (Yes, you were Thelma!) and a fun shout out to Matthew Modine, too. Geena Davis Archery Tricks from...
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Little movies we're looking forward to
Hi, it's Tim. Such a great time to be a cinephile, the end of summer. Venice is in full bloom, Toronto is so close you can almost taste it, and we can finally start talking about awards hopefuls in...
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What's the Most Embarrassing Thing You've Watched Recently?
You're only as sick as your secrets! I'll start... I confess: I don't quite know how it happened -- maybe someone linked up purchasable mermaid tails on their facebook and one thing led to another? if...
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The First Televised Oscar Ceremony!
For today's daily nooner leadup to the Supporting Actress Smackdown of 1952 -- and to get us all pumped up for the burst of Fall Film Oscar Madness, I thought we'd look at the Oscar ceremony itself...
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I Love Good Silly.
I needed a really good laugh this week and Jean Hagen in Singin' in the Rain provided (again). Today apropos of nothing I thought of Chad Feldheimer (aka Brad Pitt) in Burn After Reading's overemphatic...
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Supporting Actress Smackdown '52: Colette, Jean, Gloria, Terry, and Thelma
Presenting the Return of Stinky Lulu's Supporting Actress Smackdown now in its new home at The Film Experience. The Year is... 1952 THE NOMINEES Gloria Grahame, Jean Hagen, Colette Marchand, Terry...
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August. It's a Wrap
Summer's end. Halleloo! I can practically taste the fall and it is delicious. Mmmmm dead leaves. Here are some key posts from the dog days of summer in case you missed them. Cinema Swimwear The Film...
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Review: The Spectacular Now
Hey everybody. Serious Film's Michael C here to take advantage of the late-Summer doldrums (Getaway, anybody?) as an excuse to draw attention to a terrific movie currently passing through theaters with...
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Review: The Grandmaster
Dancin' Dan here with my take on one of my most anticipated films of the year. It's often easy to forget that the martial arts indeed are art, despite the fact that the word is right there in their...
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Podcast: Fall Film Preview... "Lady Stuff Coming Up!"
Labor Day Weekend is notoriously unfriendly to movie openings unless you can find a gem at your arthouse... so Katey, Joe, Nick and Nathaniel are looking ahead to the Fall Film Season on this week's...
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