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Looking Back: ‘The Swimmer’
In Looking Back, writer Andreas Stoehr highlights movies from the underexplored grottos of film history.
Frank Perry's The Swimmer (1968) is set in a cozy Connecticut suburb of commuters and mid-afternoon martinis and big houses with swimming pools—so many po...
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Netflix Instant Picks (6/7/13—6/13/13)
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.
Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppo...
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Shelf Life: ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’
Justin Lin’s first of four entries in the Fast and the Furious franchise acts as a bridge between the two films that preceded his and the sharply different angle upon which he’d set the series. As in Rob Cohen’s original and John Singleton’s sequel, The Fast a...
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Netflix Instant Picks (5/31/13—6/6/13)
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. From each library we select one Newly Added film, one Catalog Title a...
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‘Cleopatra’ Turns 50: Denial Is Not Just A River In Egypt
Joseph Mankiewicz’s Cleopatra gets the 50th anniversary treatment with an upcoming Blu-Ray release and a series of theatrical screenings across the country. Known more for its behind the scenes shenanigans than anything onscreen, Cleopatra went through two dir...
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Looking Back: ‘The Outlaw and His Wife’
In Looking Back, writer Andreas Stoehr highlights movies from the underexplored grottos of film history.
I first learned about Victor Sjöström's The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) from Kristin Thompson's list of the 10 best films of 1918. "One of the cinema’s g...
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Shelf Life: ‘School of Rock’
School of Rock is a film that sounds, on paper, like a wafer-thin lark that fits snugly within the condescending subgenre of inspiring teacher films. However, depicted through Richard Linklater’s humanistic treatment of youth the film is something that's equal...
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Netflix Instant Picks (5/24/13—5/30/13)
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. From each library we select one Newly Added film, one Catalog Title a...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (5/21/13–5/27/13)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat. We hope you enjoy the movies.
1.) Le Quattro Volte
The film's title refers the Pythagorus' theory of the four phases of life: m...
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Netflix Instant Picks (5/10/13—5/16/13)
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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