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All posts by Kristen Sales
The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (3/20/14 — 3/26/14)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1) Akira
Like many an American movie buff raised on a steady diet of Classic Hollywood and Disney animation, I have cert...
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“Le Week-End” Is A Darkly Funny, Candid Look at Love and Marriage
The baby boomers were perhaps the first generation in history where being cool was a legitimate cultural goal. Coolness, youth, and counterculture were all the rage when Nick (Jim Broadbent) met and married Meg (Lindsay Duncan). The British couple, now in thei...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (3/10/14 — 3/16/14)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1) Toute la memoire du monde
This past Sunday, the international film community lost a giant, Alain Resnais. Over an eig...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (2/27/13–3/05/13)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1.) Grosse Pointe Blank
Looking back, it seems the 1990s were a golden age for the quirky assassin-for-hire movie. Take, for ins...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (1/30/14 — 2/5/14)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1.) Attack the Block
Joe Cornish's 2011 "inner city vs. out space" film Attack the Block is kind of like a Goonies in the ghetto...
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (1/23/14–1/29/14)
The best films to watch through streaming services this week.
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (1/16/14–1/22/14)
Welcome to The Penny-Pinching Cinephile, a weekly spotlight of the best free flicks on the web. ‘Cuz sometimes you gotta eat.
1.) The Extraordinary Voyage
Released as an accompanying documentary on the 2012 Blu-Ray release of George Melies' groundbreakin...
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‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ Is Destined to Be Played in High School Classrooms For Years to Come
Justin Chadwick's biopic is a well-made but sadly simplistic vision of a complex and truly inspiring figure.
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile: Christmas Edition
The five best Christmas-themed movies free on the Internet this holiday season.
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The Penny-Pinching Cinephile (12/12/13–12/18/13)
The best free movies streaming online this week.
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