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The Balcony (10 posts found)
A new section of the theater where you’ll find another view of the silver screen. With lists, galleries, recommendations, and more, the view from above is always swell.
(Death) Scenes from a Marriage: 7 Films to Watch After “Gone Girl”
David Fincher and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl provided countless thinkpieces with their adaptation of Flynn’s bestselling thriller, and much of it wrangled with what exactly the film was trying to say about marriage and about gender. Some called it the most femi...
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Opening Acts: Michael Mann Edition
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Two Cool: “Thief” vs “Drive”
Michael Mann's Thief and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive have a lot similarities than their five letter titles. It's almost as if the DNA of Thief runs through the fabric of Drive and greatly influenced Refn's story. Thief features a leading performance from Jame...
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Opening Acts 1/14/2015
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Selma is a Horror Movie by Alyssa Rosenberg. Ms. Rosenberg ex...
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Settling the Score: The Music of Michael Mann
A film’s score can make or break that film. In instances like Drive or the recent Foxcatcher where less emphasis is placed on dialogue and the audience’s attention is drawn to the silence between characters, the ambience the soundtrack curates as an experience...
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Crybercrimes and Misdemeanors: The Best Hacker Films
Hackers, as Hollywood has proven over the years, make for very interesting subjects in film. Stereotypically young and anarchic in nature, it was conceptually easy to fabricate a world full of teenage cyber terrorists fighting against rogue capitalists or gove...
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Opening Acts 1/13/2015
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Strong Female Lead: A Feminist Golden Globes Show by Megan Ga...
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Under the Box: 4 Great Home Releases of David Fincher’s Films
Today sees the home release of Gone Girl on DVD and Blu-ray. I’m excited to check out the Blu-ray release of the film as it will come with a small “Amazing Amy” book, as well as a commentary track from director David Fincher. As far as special features go, tha...
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Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Posters of Michael Mann
It doesn’t take an in-depth analysis of his films to figure out which themes Michael Mann has devoted his whole career to. He keeps his film titles simple, precise, usually one or two words: Thief, Manhunter, Heat, Collateral. Most of his posters feature men p...
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Opening Acts 1/12/2015
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What the Golden Globes Got Right by Aniruddha Guha. Guha prai...
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