8 years ago
All posts by Nick Mastrangelo
Dark Darren: Aronofsky on His Craft
Dark cult-film director, Darren Aronofsky, whose birthday is today, talks of his journey to filmmaking. To many viewers, it will be relieving to hear such a critically-acclaimed, contemporary auteur speak of his lack of direction upon entering college, and cha...
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All That Jazz: 5 Great Jazz Scores
Amidst the praise of Whiplash (now on Blu-ray and DVD) comes a contemplation of music in film, specifically that fantastically dynamic, American genre called jazz. Throughout cinema history, jazz has been employed to pervade films’ settings with an eclectic ra...
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Opening Acts 1/22/2015
Every day, Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
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Fact-Checking the Film: 'American Sniper' by Madison Vain. Ma...
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Opening Acts 1/20/2015
Every day, Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Wizard of Oz is most influentia...
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Crazy Cake Time: Celebrating David Lynch’s Birthday
It is time to celebrate the birthday of cinema’s most influential director of the bizarre. He chills our bones with overwhelming frights, haunts us with unjust happenings beneath beautiful surfaces, makes us laugh at quirky in-jokes, and warms us with heady ro...
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Opening Acts: Michael Mann Edition
Every day, Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
For your reading enjoyment, enjoy a special Michael Mann edition of Opening Acts!
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Opening Acts 1/14/2015
Every day, Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
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Selma is a Horror Movie by Alyssa Rosenberg. Ms. Rosenberg ex...
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Opening Acts 1/12/2015
Every day, Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
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What the Golden Globes Got Right by Aniruddha Guha. Guha prai...
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Opening Acts 1/9/2015
Every day, Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
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A Film About a Film at the End of the World by Tomas Hachard....
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Consider the Starman: 5 Cinematic Moments of David Bowie Fueled Awesomeness
One of the most powerful elements a film can employ is music. A strong soundtrack creates tone, stirs up atmosphere, and reflects the film’s material. Most brilliant directors have a keen ear for what music will compliment and fuel the aesthetic of a cinematic...
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