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Back to Basics in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
The Star Wars prequels are failures for many, endlessly catalogued reasons, but among the most egregious is the reliance on volumes of exposition to establish background and intervening details. Instead of letting actors suggest individual and collaborative hi...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 228: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Friends, the time has finally come. Anticipation has hit a fever pitch. Crowds are lining up around the block just to see the result of years of buildup. Yes, friends, you know what we're talking about. It's the battle to end all 2015 battles: is Gabe about to...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Lucasfilm Bonus Episode Six: “The Star Wars Holiday Special”
Gather 'round, everyone. Step up close, and get close to all your friends and family. There's no better time than now to celebrate the greatest holiday of all. No, not Christmas. Not Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or Ramadan. No, it's time to celebrate Life Day! You kn...
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Introducing Adult Beginners
Here's the most embarrassing sentence I’ve ever had to write in my ten-year career as a film critic: until last week, I’d never seen Citizen Kane.
Determine for yourself how lame my excuse is: New Yorkers can almost always count on getting to see great new pr...
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NYFF Review: “De Palma”
My Roger Ebert website questionnaire asked for a movie I loved but everyone else hated. I chose Wise Guys, a movie that even hardcore Brian De Palma fans won’t endorse. Released in 1986, the Danny DeVito-Joe Piscopo movie marked its director’s return to comedy...
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“You Must Remember This” Season Two Preview
“Join me, won’t you,” says Karina Longworth, invitingly, at the top of every episode of her podcast, You Must Remember This, enticing the listener into some fascinating new story about old Hollywood. What follows is always impeccably produced, and by turns exc...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Lucasfilm Bonus Episode Five: The Original “Star Wars” Trilogy
May the Third be with you! No, wait, hang on, that's not right. May the Fifth be with you! Hmm...still sounds funky. Oh, right, May the Fourth be with you! And what better way to celebrate this day than a two-hour discussion of the trilogy that started it all?...
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Opening Acts 3/11/2015
Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
For your reading enjoyment …
The Film That Makes Me Cry: Fiddler on the Roof, by Andrea Chapman. Chap...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Lucasfilm Bonus Episode Four: The “Star Wars” Prequels
Grab your cloaks and lightsabers, folks, because the Force is strong with this special bonus episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. After months of waiting and hoping and plugging our Facebook page, we've finally reached the point where we can talk about--yes, really...
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Right on Film: 5 Films Born of the Reagan Era
Ronald Reagan was a controversial president. There wasn’t a line he straddled for most people; you either hated the man and his politics or you adored his way of thinking. Whether you hated Reagan or not, however, the perception of masculinity, patriotism, and...
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