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Blu-Ray Review of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
How fitting it is that The Criterion Collection should release Monsieur Verdoux and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp on Blu-Ray in the same month. Both are films respectively searching for morality in World War II’s wake and midst, crafting two of the riche...
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Looking Back: ‘Wanda’
In Looking Back, writer Andreas Stoehr highlights movies from the underexplored grottos of film history.
Real life is ugly. Real life is low-paying jobs, unsatisfying relationships, moldy wallpaper. In its rawest form, it doesn’t look pretty onscreen, nor d...
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Shelf Life: The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1
Shelf Life is a weekly feature that selects a film currently on DVD/Blu-Ray for review.
Confrontational in their subject matter and surrealistic in their composition and movement, Kenneth Anger’s films nevertheless provide an accessibly invigorating entry p...
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Netflix Instant Picks 4/5/13—4/11/13
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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Blu-Ray Review of the Masterful Moniseur Verdoux
If The Great Dictator strove to save the Tramp from Nazism, Monsieur Verdoux truly destroys him by making him the concentration camp commandant. Aside from a voiceover narration from the protagonist and a disarming photograph, widow-murdering Henri Verdoux’s t...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (3/1/13–3/7/13)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1.) The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead's beauty lies in its simplicity. To wit, one of my favorite IMDb synopses ever: "Five friend...
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Shelf Life: Steamboat Round the Bend
Shelf Life is a weekly feature that selects a film currently on DVD/Blu-Ray for review.
"Time: The early 90’s
Place: The Mississippi River"
These two lines, laid matter-of-factly over a picturesque shot of a steamboat lazily rolling down the Mississippi...
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Netflix Instant Picks 3/29/13—4/4/13
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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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (3/25/13–3/31/13)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1.) Stranger Than Paradise
We end the month with a delightful treat from Criterion's Hulu page: a whole slate of Jim ...
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Looking Back: ‘The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West’
In Looking Back, writer Andreas Stoehr highlights movies from the underexplored grottos of film history.
Countless wars have been fought over the past 90 years. Cities have been demolished and rebuilt. Nations, including the Soviet Union, have crumbled. Yet...
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