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Alien of the Cinema
Colin Stacy writes an appreciation of John Travolta's mid-1990s resurgence, as depicted in three films released in 1996.
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“Dope”
In Rick Famuyiwa’s urban coming-of-age film Dope, sincere nerd Malcolm (Shameik Moore) and his two best friends, 14% African jokester Jib (Tony Revolori) and sharp-witted lesbian Diggy (Kiersey Clemons), make references to all of the following: Rick Ross, Case...
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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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Junkies on Film: A 1990s Revival
Last year, the New York Times reported that a new heroin epidemic was raging in New York City. Evidence indicated a dramatic surge in sales and seizures around the five boroughs, and the numbers were higher than they had been in over 20 years. As the Big Apple...
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Spin Me ‘Round: The Early Years of Tarantino’s Music
Quentin Tarantino has always been interested in making films that lie on the intersection of image and music. His career began with a roundtable discussion of Madonna's “Like a Virgin”, and all throughout his early pictures characters are accompanied by radio,...
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10 Best Picture Nominees That Should Have Won
Star Wars was nominated for Best Picture. Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and Avatar were all nominated for Best Picture, but failed to hold the statuette. Oscars rarely celebrate the box-office smash or sci-fi adventure film. They represen...
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The Eyes Behind the Mask: “Pulp Fiction” and Postmodernity 20 Years Later
“I’m American, honey. Our names don’t mean shit.”---Butch Coolidge, Pulp Fiction
In his essay “Postmodernism and Consumer Society,” Marxist critic Frederic Jameson argues that the concept of postmodernism is primarily a product of the social and economic or...
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Netflix Weekend 8/8: Tarantino Edition
This week we’ll be highlighting three films by Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown. Why, you ask? Because summer is in the dog days of August, and it’s time for a pallet cleanser from the non-stop parade of studio tent-poles, that...
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Infographic: Top 10 Darkest Characters in Film
Villains are showy creatures by nature, often overtaking the heroes of their respective stories in popularity due to their memorable lines, or the way they haunt viewers long after the credits have rolled. There are no shortage of morally repugnant characters ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 151: “Pulp Fiction”
Don't worry, friends, you haven't broken your concentration. Yes, this is a new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. And yes, this week, Josh and Gabe are talking about one of the most influential and iconic films of the 1990s, the decidedly family-unfriendly Quent...
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