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10 Denzel Washington Performances
If Tom Hanks is my generation’s Jimmy Stewart, then Denzel Washington is its Sidney Poitier. Washington’s career in some ways parallels Poitier’s, though even at his most noble, he had the luxury of adding more bite than Poitier could in his heyday. As a sexy ...
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Film Critic of the Week: Mark Olsen
The title of this recurring feature suggests that every week I come bearing a new and emerging film critic you should be reading. On most occasions that's an accurate description of this column. However, today we're shaking things up.
While Mark Olsen certa...
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The Woody Allen Retrospective: Part 2
Our Woody Allen retrospective continues today with our exhaustive examination of every film the neurotic genius directed from 1990-2012. (In case you missed it, part 1 was published yesterday.)
If these past 22 years have taught us anything, it's that the m...
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The Woody Allen Retrospective: Part 1
With the upcoming release of Blue Jasmine, we here at Movie Mezzanine decided dive back into the past to examine the voluminous and brilliant filmmaking career of Woody Allen. Since the peerless auteur has helmed over 40 feature films, we've divided the retros...
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10 Films By Folks Born on Royal Baby Day
If you were anywhere near a television on July 22nd, you knew that the Royal Crumbsnatcher made his entrance in England. The blessed event (and the countdown to the blessed event, and the countdown to the countdown to the blessed event) received massive media ...
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With a Little Help from Our Friends
Every week With A Little Help From Our Friends dedicates time highlighting the best pieces of writing on film and television published around the Internet. Share more good stories in the comment section.
For your reading enjoyment …
Nathan Rabin tackles The ...
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Netflix Instant Picks (7/19-13—7/25/13)
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. Read on for this week’s picks.
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13 Assassins (Takashi Miike, ...
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10 Movies That Became TV Shows
When television became popular, the Cassandras of days gone by predicted it would ruin the movies. “Nobody will pay money,” they said, “when they can stay home and get entertained for free.” These predictors of cinematic doom forgot several things:
1. Peopl...
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With A Little Help from Our Friends
Every week With A Little Help From Our Friends dedicates time highlighting the best pieces of writing on film and television published around the Internet. Share more good stories in the comment section.
For your reading enjoyment …
We begin with reminding a...
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Summer of Nick: ‘Rebel Without A Cause’
It's safe to say that one of the most difficult, complicated, and downright confusing times in a person’s life is their teenage years. Countless internal chemical changes aside, it's often a perplexing task navigating the tumultuous social world that is high s...
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