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Bye Bye Life: “All That Jazz” as Film Criticism
“Sometimes I don’t know where the bullshit ends and the truth begins.” Neither do any of us, really, but so few eviscerate our own lives with the kind of crackling critical energy that Bob Fosse did. As Angelique (Jessica Lange), his own personal angel of deat...
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History of Film: 8 1/2
I came to Federico Fellini’s 8½ late, but not for lack of trying.
As a dutiful student of Roger Ebert’s Movie Home Companion -- in those antediluvian pre-Internet days the annual installments were bestowed upon me as a Christmas gift every year, then I’d sp...
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History of Film: The Best Movies of the 1960s
It's been a little more than five months since the last installment of our History of Film series, and in that short time Movie Mezzanine has undergone some significant changes. This includes partnerships with Letterboxd and others, accreditation on Rotten Tom...
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Film Critic of the Week: Keith Phipps
For a moment I'm going to ask each and every reader consuming this piece of writing to think back and reflect on the authors they most admire. Chances are, the wordsmiths racing through your heads are the ones with distinct voices. To find and adopt a unique, ...
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The Leads of Their Own Stories: On Cinema as Authorial Therapy, Part 1
Christopher Runyon muses on films that work as "authorial therapy" and resonate with the emotional turmoil of their own authors.
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Los Angeles Top 5 (1/11/13–1/18/13)
L.A. is the greatest city on earth to watch movies. Here are this week's best picks.
1. Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons at The Egyptian (FRIDAY 1/11, 7:30PM)
The American Cinematheque is running a program called Motion Picturesque: Cinema At I...
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