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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Touchy Feely’
Lynn Shelton's latest feature didn't receive the attention it deserves.
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‘A Christmas Story’ Turns 30
I saw A Christmas Story at the Hudson Mall Cinema in my hometown of Jersey City, New Jersey. My parents took my siblings and me, and while I don’t recall my Pops’ reaction to the film, I vividly remember my mother hating it with the heat of a thousand suns. He...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Stoker’
Expectations were high for Stoker, the English-language debut of famed Korean director Chan-Wook Park. Upon its release in the cinematic doldrums of March, however, critics and audiences were largely unimpressed. Many rightly praised the technical prowess of P...
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Examining The Films of Spike Lee
Spike Lee is one of the few directors working today whose style is immediately recognizable. From the tone-setting opening credits sequences, to the famously infamous double dolly shot, to cinematography and editing that felt as if it were physically affecting...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’
Christopher Runyon looks back at what could be the nicest movie ever made.
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AFI Fest Review: ‘Her’
I've loved all of Spike Jonze's work, but I was incredibly skeptical of Her. What looked like a story about a man falling in love with Siri, complete with him spinning in romantic circles with his phone, just seemed like too much. It was a rotten attitude to b...
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Looking Back: ‘It Happened One Night’
We get so used to some movies simply being around that our own praise for them may itself become a cliché. The minute It Happened One Night is brought up, a handful of old chestnuts gets inevitably evoked: its classic status as the ultimate romantic comedy, it...
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They’re All Gonna Laugh At You: Revisiting Brian De Palma’s ‘Carrie’
Brian De Palma's adaptation of the Stephen King novel may be his best film.
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Video Essay of Captivating Documentary ‘The Trials of Muhammad Ali’
Michael Mirasol reviews the new documentary about Muhammed Ali.
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The Richard Linklater Retrospective: A Romantic and Cynical Artist Unleashed
So here are the four films that build the voice. One of unbridled optimism, one of ceaseless cynicism, one an amalgamation of every lost and found soul in the city of slackers, and one a pinnacle of romanticism that asks the viewer in which way, cynicism or ro...
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