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All posts by Kristen Sales
The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (8/14/14–8/27/14)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1.) The Fisher King
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The world was stunned and saddened to hear of the death of Robin Williams this past Mond...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (7/31/14–8/13/14)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1) The Deep Blue Sea
Terence Davies' adaptation of the 1952 Terence Rattigan play is the second filmed version...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (7/3/14–7/16/14)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1) Out of Sight
Steven Soderbergh's breakout commercial success, Out of Sight, caps off a run of Elmore Leonard adaptati...
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“Borgman” Is Your New Favorite Bogeyman
In a house in the woods, a man with a dog puts on his shoes and strides out the door. Nearby, a man with an axe joins the man with the dog. The man with the dog and the man with the axe enter a church and lock eyes with the priest, who is just exiting the rect...
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The 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival: “Starred Up” and “Runoff”
The British crime picture is a seemingly ubiquitous genre, and its sister sub-genre, the prison film, is nearly as popular, with Nicolas Winding Refn's Bronson kicking off a renaissance of sorts. Like Bronson, David Mackenzie's Starred Up centers on a charisma...
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“The Rover” Is A Road Trip That Goes Nowhere
His hair caked with blood and dirt, face covered with a spiky, unkempt beard and head circled with buzzing horseflies, Guy Pearce's character in The Rover looks almost identical to his Western gunslinger in John Hillcoat's 2005 film The Proposition. Sub gang l...
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“Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.” An Intimate, Bittersweet Portrait Of A Star’s Conflicted Father
Airing this month on HBO, Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. is an intimate documentary portrait of the father of one of the most famous actors of our time. Robert De Niro, Sr. was a well-regarded abstract expressionist painter in the 1940s and 50s wh...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (5/23/13–6/05/13)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1) Meek's Cutoff
In Jim Jarmusch's 1995 acid Western Dead Man, a Native American named Nobody (Gary Farmer) tends to the...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (4/3/14 — 4/9/14)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1.) Taxi Driver
It's rare when a legitimate masterpiece that's not already in the public domain comes up to view for free online...
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“Dom Hemingway” Is All Swagger
Dom Hemingway (Jude Law) is an angry man. He's just been released from prison after serving a 12-year stretch as a fall guy for his gangster boss Mr. Fontaine (Demian Bichir). Dom's been a good soldier, he's kept his mouth shut. After twelve years, Dom has a l...
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