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Opening Acts 2/16/2015
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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1. I Went On A First Date To See Fifty Shades of Grey And It ...
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Watch This: Spike Lee and Ray Allen Talk “He Got Game” for ESPN
In the first of Spike Lee's Lil Joints for ESPN's 30 for 30 division, Spike Lee reminisces on his landmark film He Got Game with its star (and active NBA player) Ray Allen as he plays a game wearing the jersey with Jesus Shuttlesworth, his character's name, on...
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Club Kid: John Hughes and “The Breakfast Club”
ELUSIVE from the prying minds of critics and cinephiles, the legacy of John Hughes lives on with little in the way of his personal opinions. For a man who wrote past the point of obsession, it is a bitter pill to swallow - but from what the late filmmaker gave...
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Opening Acts 2/13/2015
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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David Carr, a Journalist at the Center of the Sweet Spot by A...
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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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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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Tainted Love: Inappropriate Relationships in Film
Romantic love can be a highly uncomfortable concept. Two (or three and even more) people suddenly see their private worlds intertwining and their emotions spiraling out of control. I might be exaggerating, of course; real life rarely, if ever, resembles the mo...
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Opening Acts 2/11/2015
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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The film industry’s sorry state: There were fewer female prot...
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Firth Place: Colin Firth as Badass
As sad as it is for the ladies of the world to accept, the Mr Darcy of our generation has moved on. From being one of the most swoon-worthy actors on screen, Colin Firth has slowly progressed from the reluctant but lovable romantic to kick-ass leading man.
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