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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.
Opening Act 2/4/2015
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.
For your reading enjoyment …
1. Exclusive: Alex Gibney on the Church of Scientol...
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Black and/or White: Race Relations on Film
Why can’t we all just get along? It should be easier than easy to vibe with people from other backgrounds than our own; there should be no obstacles or roadblocks segregating us or just plain old keeping us divided. But it’s 2015, and racial harmony is still a...
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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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Sight/Sound: 6 Films Whose Titles Come from Songs
Naming can be difficult, whether it’s a newborn or a startup company. You have to weigh certain qualities: originality, specificity, impact. “Google” doesn’t mean anything, but it worked regardless. Naming a film can be just as cumbersome, and in unique ways. ...
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Scene by Scene: A Breakdown of Essential Spike Lee scenes
One of the best summations of Spike Lee I’ve ever read came in Wesley Morris’s review of his latest film Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (now available on Vimeo as well as iTunes on Feb. 13th) by writing, “No one makes a mess like Spike Lee.” Spike Lee is a filmmaker ...
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Opening Acts 2/2/2015
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.
For your reading enjoyment …
Lions, Sharks, and Missy Elliott, Oh My: Katy Perry’s Super B...
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Now Showing: The Theaters of the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City
One of the hidden secrets about Sundance that nobody wants to reveal — because “going to Park City” just sounds more prestigious — is that Salt Lake City is a better place to experience the festival in more ways than one. Standing in line "patiently" is worth ...
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Opening Acts 1/30/2015
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.
For your reading enjoyment …
Your childhood entertainment is not sacred by Nathan Rabin. R...
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The 7 Faces of Christian Bale
Christian Bale is one of those rare chameleons, an actor who can blend into each character and every genre he steps foot into. Bale doesn't reveal much of his private life on promotional circuits and he likes it that way. Such choices ensure that audiences don...
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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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