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Distant Relatives: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Assassination of...
Robert here w/ Distant Relatives, exploring the connections between one classic and one contemporary film. What is it about the American West that endures? No other specific time and place has been so...
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What's on your mind? I'm racing towards a couple of deadlines so let's hear from you!Any movie thoughts that you just need to get out? P.S. I know there's a couple of high profile trailers to discuss....
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The Year in Gay Characters
Year in Review... more to come, too. Though you know I am unfond of J. Edgar, it was super easy to make a list of the best gay characters without the noisiest ones: ol' Hoover and his much abused man...
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Stocking Stuffers From the Movies
One person's treasure is another one's junk so for my bi-weekly column at Fandor, I'm looking at what's naughty and what's nice about a few top Oscar categories... like Best Actress, Original...
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Yes, No, Maybe So: "The Hobbit" and "Prometheus"
Just a short time after similarly DRAMATIC (!) black and whiteish teaser posters for the new Batman and Spider-Man movies arrived, posters for the two other 2012 event movies, Prometheus and The...
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'War Horse': Stage vs. Screen
Kurt here. I am not, by any stretch, an authority on theater, and it's only recently that I've been able to collect a good number of playbills. But I can say, without hesitation, that the Broadway...
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Whether You've Been Naughty... Or Nice...
Happy Holidays from The Film Experience! Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year... whatever you're celebrating. But most of all... Happy Moviegoing. Blogging will resume on Monday morning. Coming next...
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Sydney Morning Herald production halted on The Great Gatbsy (briefly). Baz Luhrman hit on head just before Christmas. Ouch.Listen Eggroll Mike D'Angelo's Christmas movie viewing history. Hee.Rope of...
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Burning Questions: Has George Lucas Pushed His Luck Too Far?
Yippee? The Phantom Menace returnsMichael C. here to pose a question I am very curious to have answered this coming February 10th. I do not want to talk about Star Wars anymore. Honestly, I don’t. I...
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Box: Office - Ghostly Christmas
One of my favorite traditions when I was a kid and later a visiting adult was picking the movie to watch on Christmas day with the family. It was usually me making the final decision since I was the...
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20:11 Water For Hanna's Insidious Code
Year in Review Fun!. Herewith the 20th minute and 11th second of the movies of 2011 in chronological order of US release date. It's like flipping channels for snapshots of the film year! For those who...
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OFCS Nominations: The Drive of Life
The Online Film Critics Society is the latest group to chime in with their nominations for the best of 2011. They'll announce the winners on January 2nd but because they're a big group we deigned to...
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Interview: Jessica Chastain's Big Year / Big Future
Jessica Chastain was in Morocco when we spoke, jurying on a film festival. Or was she in Toronto filming a movie? No, maybe she was right here in New York City or in Los Angeles for a premiere or...
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Curio: 2011's Most Inspirational
Alexa here with a year in review request straight from Nathaniel. Certain types of films seem to inspire visual artists more than others. And it isn't as simple as gorgeous cinematography or art...
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Tuesday Top Ten: Memo to AMPAS
Oscar ballots left the Academy offices today on their way to the 6,000+ members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. If you must concern yourself with the math of Best Picture voting,...
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#TeamLink
Anne Helen Petersen has 5 crotchety excellent questions about The Girl With the Dragon TattooBad Ass Digest a terrific piece on Margaret & #TeamMargaret, the time between Christmas & New Years...
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Oklahoma & Phoenix & The Supporting Actress Traffic Jam
The Artist, Albert Brooks, Michelle Williams and The Tree of Life's cinematography continue to assert dominance in the regional critics prizes as two more circles & societies weigh in. How long...
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This Just In... The Official Poster for Oscar's 84th
Here he is, in all his shiny beauty and questionable* taste splendor... "Life Camera Action... celebrate the movies in all of us" -- I'm not sure what this actually means but okay. I do like to live...
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"Worst" of 2011. A Quick Purge
year in review part whichever I use the term "worst" loosely as I am generally not paid to see the obviously terrible films that open all year round. Plus, I'm not feeling the negativity this year. Or,...
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