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“Truth” is Better Than “Fiction”: Documentaries That Trump Their Fictional Equivalents
Biopics are as beloved by Oscar voters as they are joked about by almost everyone else. And many a thinkpiece has been written about why Hollywood loves biopics, and why so many of them are so very samey. But I come not to mourn the biopic. Nor do I come to bu...
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“Last Tango in Paris”: Basking in the Bowels of Human Discontent
When Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris was first released in 1972, it garnered considerable controversy, with many calling for censure and others praising it for its graphic sexuality. Considering how difficult an experience it is, even now, no wonder....
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TIFF Dispatch #2: “Love & Mercy”, “Eden”, and “Tokyo Tribe”
Love & Mercy, Bill Pohlad’s biopic about musical genius Brian Wilson is an empathetic but trite examination of the Beach Boy’s life, structured like a temporal see-saw occupying two specific periods. There’s the mid 1960s, when Wilson (Paul Dano) brainstor...
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Let’s Go Backwards When Forward Fails: Past Informs Present in “Everything Old is New Again” From “All That Jazz”
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.
In Bob Fosse’s All That J...
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The Golden Globes: Perception vs. Reality in Awards Season
For those with a healthy obsession over awards season, The Golden Globes are of great interest-- not because of any great respect held for the trophy itself, but rather for its potential function as a catalyst for increased/decreased buzz heading down the stre...
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Film Influencing Fashion: How Consumers Are Staying On-Trend
The return of something thought long gone in men's fashion has resurfaced thanks to the work of costume designer Casey Storm in Spike Jonze's Her, where star Joaquin Phoenix rocks high-waisted trousers. Something familiar to women as a now-stable trend with ev...
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Paul Walker: Loyal To The End
Hollywood is deeply saddened to have lost Paul Walker, one of the real nice guys of cinema. Tributes across social and traditional media have poured in for the actor best known for his role in the Fast and the Furious franchise, some hard-pressed to find adequ...
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Steve McQueen Finds Beauty In Pain
Steve McQueen is one of the most talented filmmakers working today.
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Charlie Hunnam: Hollywood’s Winner of the Week
Charlie Hunnam's decision to drop out of Fifty Shades of Grey may end up saving his career.
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The Art of Lists: Anarchy Disguised As Order
As a recent addition to the Movie Mezzanine team, my first task as a contributor was to offer my picks for the best films of the 1970s for our History of Film archive. It was expected that we'd all agree on a few, while others would scarcely be recognized. Gre...
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