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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (5/23/13–6/05/13)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1) Meek's Cutoff
In Jim Jarmusch's 1995 acid Western Dead Man, a Native American named Nobody (Gary Farmer) tends to the...
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“The Immigrant” Displays James Gray At His Best
The bronze color filter of The Immigrant stands apart from the romanticized sepias that typically shade period films. Its yellow-brown hue is grimy and dirty, as if shot through industrial pollution instead of an ancient lens. The skies around Ellis Island and...
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Putting the Geek to the Plow
Faux film criticism, Youtube critics and where we are headed.
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“Ida”: Enjoy the Silence
Anna grew up in a covent, sheltered from the everyday struggles. Wanda, a bitter stalinist show-trial prosecuting star, has experienced all life-shattering things there are and grew incredibly thick skin. A naïve, motherless girl, discovering the truth about h...
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“The Protector 2” is a Martial Arts Mess (with Elephants!)
"You lost your elephant again? You're sure it's an elephant and not a kitten? How do you keep losing him?"
That's all there is to say about The Protector 2, honestly. When a film's plot revolves around the kidnapping of an elephant, what possible new direct...
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A New Era of Hollywood Scandals?
When the allegations that director Bryan Singer drugged and raped a 17-year-old boy in 1999 recently came to light, moviegoers who were looking forward to his upcoming film, X-Men: Days of Future Past, were confronted with a series of difficult questions: Shou...
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Tribeca Review: “Night Moves” is a Slow Burning Yet Exciting Environmental Thriller
How far would you go for a cause? Do the ends always justify the means? That is what director Kelly Reichardt asks in her latest thrilling feature Night Moves, which follows a group of eco-terrorists/activists through their plan to blow up Oregon's Green Peter...
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“Oculus”: Turns Out It Was Just A Reflector
Not being able to tell what's real and isn't real in movies, let alone those of the horror genre, has become such an overused, pretentious cliche when it comes to faux-profound filmmakers. So much so that when a film like Oculus comes along and does it so damn...
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ATLFF Review: “45RPM” Is A Garage Rock Discovery
The following is a review from the Atlanta Film Festival, running March 28-April 6.
The story of a struggling young artist embarking on a journey of self-discovery in the name of finding an obscure vinyl single recorded by her deceased father, Juli Jackson’...
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Songs in the Key of Cinema: The Magic in “The Moon Song” Heard in “Her”
Songs in the Key of Cinema is a bi-weekly look at the use of songs in film and how that music fits within the context of the film as a whole and a place where we’ll cover the moments in cinema that were music to our eyes and ears.
The number of films that ...
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