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All posts by Kyle Turner
Film Critic of the Week: Peter Labuza
Hello everyone, my name is Kyle Turner, Chief Editor of Movie Mezzanine’s The Balcony, and welcome to Film Critic of the Week, a weekly mini-cast where we pick the brains of our favorite film critics.
Today, we have the superb Peter Labuza, whose work h...
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Film Love is Blind: Our Cinematic Infatuations
Perhaps I say this because I live an insulated lifestyle, but I believe cinema has a power to bring out both the best and the very worst in us. You'll find a film that you adore and laud it loudly, but then you encounter someone with the opposite opinion, and ...
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Film Critic of the Week: Marya E. Gates
Hello everyone, my name is Kyle Turner, Chief Editor of Movie Mezzanine’s The Balcony, and welcome to Film Critic of the Week, a weekly podcast where we pick the brains of our favorite film critics.
Today, we have the incredible Marya E. Gates, creator ...
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The Wolves of Park City: The Angulo Brothers and Their Favorite Sundance Movies
I don't know about you, but every time I inexplicably achieve something great, I celebrate with movies. And pasta. But mostly movies. When I graduated from 8th grade, my dad took me to see Up. When I graduated from high school, my friends and I watched Dazed a...
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Film Critic of the Week: R. Kurt Osenlund
Welcome to Film Critic of the Week, a weekly mini-cast where we pick the brains of our favorite film critics.
Today, we have the out-standing R. Kurt Osenlund, who’s the managing editor at Out Magazine, and has written for such publications as Slant, De...
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Say It Ain’t Snow: Movies to Watch During Your Blizzard
If you’re in the northeastern United States, chances are it looks like the fantasy sequence from that new Gregg Araki film. Thus, it is the perfect time to queue up some films, make some hot cocoa and popcorn, and comment “You’re the worst” on every social med...
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Film Critic of the Week: Keith Uhlich
Welcome to Film Critic of the Week, a weekly mini-cast where we pick the brains of our favorite film critics.
Today, we’ve got the estimable Keith Uhlich, who has written for Time Out New York, The L Magazine, The AV Club, To Be Continued, Slant, Revers...
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Cine-Math: 5 Film Equations
Let it be known that I exist purely to subvert all of the Asian stereotypes: I quit karate, I can't speak a lick of Chinese, a quit violin, and, much to the chagrin of others', I can't do math for the life of me. So, what have I left other than the movies? Cin...
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Fade to Red: The Desire of Xavier Dolan
Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know—because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it, it turned to dust in my hand.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
Words fly fast and furiou...
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Film Critic of the Week: Scout Tafoya
Welcome to Film Critic of the Week, a weekly mini-cast where we pick the brains of our favorite film critics.
Critic of the Week started in Mezzanine’s first year, with insights from the likes of Matthew Zoller Seitz, Matt Prigge, and Matt Singer. With the ...
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