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The History of Women Athletes In American Cinema
Justine Smith writes about the history of female athletes-turned-actors in a number of high-profile American films.
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So Your Festival Darling Was Bought By Harvey Weinstein
Congrats, lucky filmmaker! Your film was purchased for a record high at a prestigious film festival, and the receipt bears the signature of none other than Harvey Weinstein. Last year at the Berlin Film Festival, Weinstein purchased the U.S. rights to The Imit...
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“Focus”
Focus is two movies for the price of one. You get a sparkling, sexy comedy and its lackluster, dispiriting sequel, both in the same sitting. I enjoyed the first half of this picture as much as anything I’ve seen in a while. The exhausted CEO of Will Smith Fami...
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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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Joe Carnahan Adapting “Narc” For Television: The State of Filmmakers and TV
In a recent interview with /Film Joe Carnahan revealed details on the adaptation of his 2002 film Narc into a mini-series for Paramount.
I’m writing the outline of it right now. I mean, dude, it’s crazy. I came up with, what I thought, was a really cool way o...
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‘Behind the Candelabra’
The sickly yellow color filtering of Steven Soderbergh’s digital work turns fully golden with Behind the Candelabra, every frame shaded in the opulence of its subjects’ lifestyle. It's a fitting aesthetic touch to document Liberace, a performer seen in the fil...
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Something Old, Something New: Femme Fatale/Side Effects
Steven Soderbergh’s latest, possibly last, theatrical venture, Side Effects, is one of his most thrilling works. This is less because the film is billed as, and occasionally quite effective, as a thriller than the manner in which Soderbergh constantly redefine...
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Identity Thief/Side Effects: Two Paths to High Concept Failure
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"Two high-concept roads diverged in an AMC
And sorry I had to travel both." - Robert Frost, 2/8/13
Identity Thief, the newest magnum opus by Seth Gordon, and Side Effects, the grandest of finales by Steven Soderbergh, are cut from the exact same clo...
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Battle of Directors: Richard Linkater vs. Steven Soderbergh
Battle of Directors is a weekly column that pits two filmmakers against one another, sheds light on their respective filmographies, and then asks readers to state which director they prefer. Thoughtful discourse and discussion is encouraged and desired. Enjoy!...
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