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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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Video Essay: Kevin B. Lee’s The Best Films of the Decade So Far
The people have spoken! Remember those half decade lists I was talking about and how the remarkable Kevin B. Lee started all this kerfuffle? Well, the esteemed video essayist has completed his daunting task in polling 290 film critics and cinephiles and the re...
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10 Memorable Closing Shots
There is a particular art to a final shot. Every shot in a film is important -- it’s one that didn’t end up on the cutting room floor, so it is inherently significant, though perhaps not extraordinary. Any one of these shots can be truly dazzling in any number...
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Netflix Weekend 7/25: Joaquin Phoenix Edition
This week we’ll be highlighting three films starring Joaquin Phoenix, for no real good reason other than that he’s become one of the greatest modern actors of our time.
Let’s take a look at Gladiator first. This film is interesting to me because it’s one I’...
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Halftime Report: The Best Movies of 2014 So Far
The year has now half passed us by, which marks a good opportunity to take stock of what it's offered cinematically so far. Releasing a "best of" list for half a year may seem like clickbaiting, and perhaps it is, but it's no more so than any other kind of lis...
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“The Immigrant” Displays James Gray At His Best
The bronze color filter of The Immigrant stands apart from the romanticized sepias that typically shade period films. Its yellow-brown hue is grimy and dirty, as if shot through industrial pollution instead of an ancient lens. The skies around Ellis Island and...
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Marion Cotillard is an Unhappy Flapper in New Photos from ‘The Immigrant’
James Gray's The Immigrant premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, but because of someone whose name rhymes with Schmarvy Schmeinstein, the movie has yet to see a release date. The film centers upon a polish immigrant (Marion Cotillard) who co...
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Birthday Wishes: Joaquin Phoenix (39)
What do you say about a man like Joaquin Phoenix? The actor, who turns 39 today, has over 42 credits to his unusual name, including several highly anticipated films on the way -- like Her -- that critics are already praising before their release.
Though he ...
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