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Year of the Month: 1980?
1980. The year which brought you Sissy Spacek's Oscar winning roleThe Film Experience likes to keep one foot in the past and one in the now at all times... so as to be well-rounded like. People who...
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Big Stick
On This Day in History 112 years ago today Vice President Theodore Roosevelt first used the phrase Speak softly and carry a big stick" Not Teddy Roosevelt Gandalf suggests pairing it with a sword and...
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Interior. Link Post.
AV Club what if you could hit "pause" on pop culture -- what would you catch up on?Daily Beast an uninhibited interview with the stars of Blue is the Warmest Colour on working with "fake pussies" and...
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Curio: All Three Flavors
Alexa here. It may not be Krzysztof Kieślowski, but Edgar Wright's now-completed three-flavor trilogy also had a pretty positive critical response. Then there's the fan base, who devour every tweet...
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Morning Truth Tell: All Hospitals Need Thelma Ritter
Don't be alarmed but I spent last night in the Emergency Room*. It won't surprise you to hear that they continue to be horrible nightmare places. One woman had been there for 9 hours when we walked...
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Oh No Not Alain Delon
JA from MNPP here with some upsetting news - famed French beauty Alain Delon (who I could have sworn was openly bisexual way back in the day) has spoken out against homosexuality in France, calling it...
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Team Top Ten: Biggest Awards Season Flops
Amir here, to bring you our newest edition of Team Top Ten. Festival season is in full force. Telluride just wrapped. Venice is going strong. And in just two days, Toronto will set the awards season...
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Miyazaki To Retire (Again)
Anne Marie here, with some news I have been trying desperately to ignore all weekend: Hayao Miyazaki is officially retiring. It's worth noting that this isn't the first time the master animator has...
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Foreign Oscar Updates: 15 Official Submissions & Much More
Another week, another 10+ submissions for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race. We're up to 15 official titles now (which means there are about 50 to go). We previously covered Germany's finalist list...
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Just Jack
JA from MNPP here with some sad news - it's being reported that Jack Nicholson has officially, if quietly, retired from acting. Given that's it's been two years since the 76 year-old made a movie it's...
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Burning Questions: On Perfect Games and "Noah" Jitters
Hey everybody. Michael C. here. Quick question: By your estimation, which directors are currently pitching a perfect game? By which I mean, which filmmakers have yet to make a bad or even a so-so film...
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Interview: Brie Larson Does Not Want Her Own Reality Show
Short Term 12 opens in 9 more cities this Friday and 30+ more the following week. Time to talk to its star Brie Larson. This is not going to be one of those interviews where I describe what the actress...
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Dancin' Dan here to welcome you all to 'Back To School' Month at The Film Experience! We'll be sharing our favorite moments from cinema's schools all month. Has there been a better back-to-school...
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Gods, Monsters, and Master Detectives
JA from MNPP here - want to feel old? Well here ya go - in two months time Bill Condon's Gods & Monsters is turning 15 years old. Fifteen! Some of you were probably barely even born, but I was in...
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Queer or "Queer": Newfest hits New York City
Glenn here discussing queer cinema. Or should I say “queer cinema”? The term has kind of lost its meaning these days where those words are used to describe anything with homosexuality at its core. Gone...
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Pixie Sticks and Cap'n Crunch. Holla.
It's Back to School Month at TFE Hello, lovelies. Beau here, fixating on a tiny moment from one of my favorite films. John Hughes was a Godsend to me growing up. From the ages of 14 through 17, hardly...
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TIFF: Festive Arrivals & Frightening Omens
The signage that tempts me each time I walk from hotel to movie theaterDear Readers, I am happy to report that I have arrived in Toronto. Wednesday night went smoothly (but for "Best Shot" posting --...
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Vote for the National Film Registry!
Hi, it's Tim, looking to rope y'all into a little bit of cinematic democracy in action. The National Film Preservation Board, you perhaps know, is the advisory council that suggests to the Librarian of...
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Cher Keeps Gym Class Classy
Back to School Month Anne Marie here with a question: did anybody actually enjoy gym in high school? I was a varsity athlete, and I still hated it. I hated getting gross and sweaty in the middle of the...
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Who Will Make The Movies Of The Future?
.JA from MNPP here - have y'all seen The New York Times' list of 20 Young Directors To Watch? I only stumbled upon it with the news that Beasts of the Southern Wild director Benh Zeitlin tells them...
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