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A Familiar Story: Hayao Miyazaki May Not Be Retiring
Correction: upon further examination of the radio interview with Miyazaki, it would appear that his remarks are more suggestive than declarative. At this time we can't accurately or confidently claim that he's not retiring.
A funny thing happened on New Ye...
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Year in Review: Critics and Critic Groups Pick Their Best Films of 2013
December is that joyous (or hellish) time of the year in the world of cinema when publications of all kinds demand that their critics publish their "best films of the year" lists. Since Movie Mezzanine will not be running such a list till early January, we're ...
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The 20 Best Scenes of 2013
Last year wasn't just a strong year of film; it was also a year of such an eclectic variety of good films of all sorts. While there wasn't a whole lot to chew on in the mainstream American film landscape, the independent and foreign scenes were thriving with g...
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Lionsgate Surpasses a Billion Dollars for the Second Year in a Row
Ladies and gentlemen, it's a good thing to be in the business of movies, because the movie business is a'boomin. Heavy-hitting studio Lionsgate has just released its fourth quarter earnings report and it's more money than should be humanly possible, but thanks...
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‘Her’ Is As Cold As A Computer Program
Spike Jonze's meditation on loneliness is as ugly and antiseptic as the technology it depicts.
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Eli Roth’s “Green Inferno” To Debut in September
Eli Roth, he of the endless debates on torture porn, the protege of Quentin Tarantino and the guy who bashed in a Nazi's head with a baseball bat and a mountain of chest hair as the Bear Jew in Ingloriuous Basterds, debuted a new film called The Green Inferno ...
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History of Film: ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Godfather Part II’
Coppola's first two tales of the Corleone family aren't just great crime movies, they're cultural touchstones.
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‘Out of the Furnace’: A Sore Disappointment
Out of the Furnace saddens me. It's a movie that fights so hard to be great, only to wind up stranded in some middling zone of effectiveness. It has a concept and story that I want to work, told by a cast and crew of artists whom I almost uniformly like or lov...
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2014 Sundance Film Festival Lineups Announced
Just as the 2013 Best of Lists start rolling in, the Sundance Institute is announcing the first wave of contenders for 2014. Below you will find the press release for the U.S. And World Competitions, but at a quick glance nothing pops out at me. I know I have ...
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There’s Very Little To Admire About ‘The Great Beauty’
Sorrentino's meditation on beauty and potential is a reductive, smug mess that doesn't know where to point its satire.
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