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TIFF 2016 Dispatch: “A Quiet Passion” and “Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey”
Kenji Fujishima submits this dispatch from the Toronto International Film Festival on films by two Ter(r)ences: Davies and Malick.
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How to Save the World: On “Mr. Robot” and David Fincher
Valerie Ettenhofer compares the work of David Fincher with the USA Network show "Mr. Robot," whose second season begins tonight.
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Adam McKay: From “The Other Guys” To “The Big Short”
Director Adam McKay’s jump from some of the most notorious bro comedies of the millennia (Anchorman, Talladega Nights) to The Big Short, a film about the global economic recession, might seem extreme even to discerning moviegoers. But those familiar with McKay...
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“The Big Short” Winds Up Being Vaguely Condescending
The fundamental argument of Adam McKay’s The Big Short, adapted from Michael Lewis’s overview of the housing collapse of the late 2000s, is that the basic truths of the economic collapse are easy to understand but are made difficult by the architects of that c...
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On The Rhythms of Sorkinese
In Steve Jobs, director Danny Boyle’s most overt visual showcase is relegated to the film’s transitions. Set backstage at three different tech product launches, the film makes two major leaps forward in time between 1984 and 1988 and again between 1988 and 199...
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Video Essay: See What I See
With just four films to his name, Bennett Miller has already become one of the most respected directors working today. Yet suprisingly all of his films have been based, in part, on true stories. Miller tackles these stories because while they seem fixated on o...
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Weekend Box Office: Sound and Fury
The October box office continues to chug along swimmingly, with most of the new releases doing very good business and the old releases still holding on strong. After two weeks in the number one slot, Gone Girl finally fell to number two, although it only fell ...
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“Fury”
If there’s a throughline to David Ayer's more personal works, it’s the struggle for fighting men to stay honest while convincing themselves that the horrors they visit upon the enemy are righteous and necessary. He makes films about moral compromise, and speci...
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Second “Fury” Trailer Emphasizes Story
Sony has released a second trailer for their World War II winter hopeful, Fury. The trailer focuses on new gunner (Logan Lerman) who has issues with killing enemy soldiers. Led by battle-hardened army sergeant Wardaddy (Brad Pitt), the rookie will have to get ...
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Angelina Jolie Will Direct & Star With Brad Pitt in “By The Sea”
It's been a real good year for Angelina Jolie, and it's only half over. Her film Maleficent won the box office weekend upon release and now stands at an outstanding $650+ million worldwide. And this Christmas she'll have her second directed feature Unbroken - ...
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