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The Space Between Two People: An Interview with John Gallagher Jr.
After leaving a substantial mark on the theater scene with acclaimed performances in blockbuster Broadway musicals like Spring Awakening (for which he won a Tony Award in 2007) and American Idiot, John Gallagher Jr. has, in the past couple years, made inroads ...
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Ebertfest 2014: Day 2
I woke up today after less than 4 hours of sleep, which would be par for the course if you choose to cover all of Ebertfest on a daily basis. Yesterday ended the same way it started, as Carol Iwata, Roger and Chaz Ebert's personal assistant for God knows how l...
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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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Letterboxd’s Best of 2013
etterboxd is a site that is quickly gaining popularity in the short time it has existed allowing users to log, rate, review and tag movies as they are watched, even following friends to check in onwhat they are watching. Just in 2013 alone, the site has regist...
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The 20 Best Scenes of 2013
Last year wasn't just a strong year of film; it was also a year of such an eclectic variety of good films of all sorts. While there wasn't a whole lot to chew on in the mainstream American film landscape, the independent and foreign scenes were thriving with g...
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‘Short Term 12’ is Cinema At Its Most Compassionate, Vulnerable, and Human
Republished and altered from our LA Film Festival Coverage
There have been many films about at-risk teens receiving guidance from a surrogate parental figure, from Stand and Deliver to Freedom Writers to The Blind Side, which tend to feel false due to water...
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LAFF Review: ‘Short Term 12’ is Cinema At Its Most Beautiful, Compassionate, and Human
There have been many films about at-risk teens receiving guidance from a surrogate parental figure, from Stand and Deliver to Freedom Writers to The Blind Side. A lot of these movies tend to feel false because they're too wrapped up with waterboarding the audi...
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