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Tom Bond writes about Ben Affleck's growth as a director as his latest effort, "Live By Night" opens nationwide.
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The Year in Film, Superlatives (Part 1)
Movie Mezzanine's writers and editors begin the weeklong event of talking about the best in film in 2016, starting with superlative categories.
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Why Laika Is The Most Important Modern Animation Studio
Josh Spiegel writes about Laika's new film "Kubo and the Two Strings" and the common themes it shares with the studio's other features.
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“Trumbo” Is Unworthy of Its Extraordinary Subject
In a screenwriting career that spanned three decades, the man born James Dalton Trumbo did a little of everything. He penned feather-light romances like Roman Holiday, sweeping war pictures such as Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, a swords-and-sandals epic in Sparta...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 183: “The Princess and the Frog”
Ladies and gentlemen, we are almost there! Actually, for longtime listeners, scratch that, we ARE there--we're finally able to talk about the 2009 film The Princess and the Frog on today's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. If you're new to the show, you might no...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 165: “Arachnophobia”
We hope you're carefully bundled up for this new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, because we wouldn't want any creepy-crawlies to make their way across your arm or foot or hand, skittering up your body before it's too late OH NO. Whew, false alarm. Anyway, eigh...
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“The Monuments Men” Proves That Not All Art Is Worth Saving
Even the real Monuments Men wouldn’t preserve The Monuments Men.
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New Stills from ‘The Monuments Men’ Paint a Stunning Picture of WWII
It feels like production has gone on as long as World War II itself for The Monuments Men, George Clooney's film about a platoon of soldiers comprised of art historians and experts tasked with the job of saving irreplaceable and priceless artwork from getting ...
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’12 Years’ Wins Over Las Vegas Film Critics
'12 Years A Slave' has been winning a rash of critics awards the last week, and today the Las Vegas Film Critics Society joined in the fun also awarding top prize to the Fox Searchlight film along with Steve McQueen for directing and Lupita N'yongo for Support...
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‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ is One of the Coens’ Best Shaggy Dog Stories
Warning: contains spoilers
In Inside Llewyn Davis, the titular protagonist (Oscar Isaac) is yet another one of Coens’ unlucky characters, bewildered by the cruel twists of fate. But what separates Davis—loosely based on folk musician Dave Van Ronk—from the ...
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