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All posts by Corey Atad
The Fans Who Saved “Star Wars”
Corey Atad on the fans who restored the original, unaltered "Star Wars" for a new generation.
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The Matter Of Existing: On “Inside Llewyn Davis”
With its dim blues, browns, and greens, it would be easy to mistake Inside Llewyn Davis for a chilly film. In fact, it is a cold film, at least by its snow-laden setting. Llewyn Davis trudges through the wintry streets of New York and Chicago in a weathered ja...
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We’re All Pirates
Online piracy has reached a boiling point. We talk to filmmakers, critics, and publishers about its pervasiveness and long-term effects.
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In Defense of Steven Spielberg’s “Hook”
Two children stand on a stage, sweetly fumbling their lines. “Don’t you know what a kiss is?” says one of the children. “I shall, if you give one to me,” says the other, before being handed a thimble. So begins Steven Spielberg’s 1991 film, Hook, adapting the ...
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Realism and Intimacy: The Partnership of Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn
Theater is a feeling, more than anything, and performativity defines the act of living. The world is a stage and we the players, as Shakespeare’s Jaques said. In the vision of Modern Theater, stemming from the likes of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov, and which...
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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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The Gospel According to Cinema, Part 2: The Rise of Christian Film
Having proven themselves adept at selling Christian films to a paying audience, film producers like the Christian-based Pure Flix now find themselves at a crossroads. While the films have done well financially, they’re hardly mainstream. It’s not that Christia...
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The Gospel According to Cinema, Part 1: The Rise of Christian Film
Last weekend, the Pure Flix-produced, inspirational drama Do You Believe? opened in theaters, and if you’re a regular moviegoer, chances are you didn’t see it. You might not have even heard of it. As its title suggests, Do You Believe? is about religion. More ...
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“Faults”
Riley Stearns’ debut feature, Faults, focuses on life within a cult. It revels in a brand of subversion that breaks individuals down until they give up all self-control to another. That absurd and pervasive pathology fittingly matches the form of the film, whi...
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“Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem”
The scene opens. A man stands over us, staring in our direction. He looks away and begins to speak. Next, another man sits in a chair next to him looking away from us, and he speaks, too. After several minutes, we cut to a woman. She sits silently, processing ...
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