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Wes Craven: In Memoriam
It's clear from the outpouring of love after his death on August 30 that Wes Craven was not just a revered horror filmmaker, but also a pioneer in a kind of socially minded self-aware genre filmmaking that continues to flourish today. Before he made films, he ...
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“The Wolfpack”
The Wolfpack, Crystal Moselle's debut documentary film, opens with a shot of the New York City skyline at twilight as seen through a fence. Considering the subject of the film, the mostly shut-in Angulo family, this image grows heavy with significance as their...
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With A Little Help From Our Friends
Every week, With a Little Help from Our Friends highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
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"Wicked Women Part One: Lively and L...
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Weekend Box Office: The Calm Before The Storm
A Friday Halloween usually means a pretty slow weekend at the box office, what with everyone out in costume trick or treating and getting drunk. It's also a weird weekend in that horror movies that typically dominate October drop off hard once the spooky seaso...
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Wait Until Dark: 9 Unconventional Scary Movies
Watching horror movies is a standard and exciting Halloween tradition for many. But sometimes rewatching the same old films can get a little boring. You can certainly try to shake things up by watching something new or foreign, like Hausu or an early Cronenber...
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Weekend Box Office: Yeah, The Board Game Movie Won
Who would have thought that Hasbro would be one of the top players in the mainstream blockbuster movie game? As of 2014, only one of their movies has been a flop (Battleship), and this weekend's movie choice, Ouija, seemed like the most surefire flop, given th...
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Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Opening Shot of Halloween
Earlier this month, John Carpenter’s seminal genre work Halloween, and its spectral force of pure evil Michael Myers, celebrated 35 years of hacking and slashing the residents of Haddonfield, Ill. Halloween was a pitch-black examination of Original Sin wreakin...
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10 Great Horror Films You Shouldn’t Forget To Watch This Halloween
Ten films you might not think to watch this Halloween that you should be sure to remember.
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