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All posts by Christopher Runyon
Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color is Uniquely Transcendent
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There have been some very good and even great films released so far this year, but Upstream Color may just be the first "must-see" movie of 2013. No matter what anyone's interpretation of the film is going to be--and there will most certainly be more than...
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Danny Boyle’s Stylish Trance Leaves You Spellbound
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Danny Boyle is one of the only directors working today who can literally do any genre he pleases and display a wide range of talents while still keeping his own signature stamp on all of them. Between horror films (28 Days Later), family films (Millions)...
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Terrence Malick Takes Us On A Journey To the Wonder
There's a line in Terrence Malick's latest film To the Wonder in which Olga Kurylenko's Marina finds herself at the precipice of despair and says "My god... what a cruel war. I find two women inside me. One full of love for you... the other pulls me down towar...
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The Terrence Malick Retrospective: The Tree of Life
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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The Terrence Malick Retrospective: The New World
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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The Terrence Malick Retrospective: The Thin Red Line
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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Family and Fate Converge in the Intimate Epic The Place Beyond the Pines
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Two years ago, Derek Cianfrance made his narrative feature debut with the emotionally-charged, uncomfortable-yet-beautiful romantic drama Blue Valentine, which was about the despair and devastation of romantic relationships and the pain they leave behind...
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The Terrence Malick Retrospective: Days of Heaven
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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The Terrence Malick Retrospective: Badlands
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work–be it director’s, screenwriter’s, or otherwise–and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the fi...
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Movie Mettle: 5 Nicolas Cage Moments To Test Your Limits
Movie Mettle is a weekly column for moviegoers with weak constitutions. Wish you had the balls to sit through the goriest of horror movies? Want to build up your resistance to weepy rom-coms? Each week we’ll give you a range of five movies that will test your ...
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