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The Balcony (10 posts found)
A new section of the theater where you’ll find another view of the silver screen. With lists, galleries, recommendations, and more, the view from above is always swell.
The Michael Mann Guide to Crime
If the work of Michael Mann can be identified by anything it's a meticulousness and almost obsessive pursuit for authenticity. In a filmmaking resume that has often forayed into the world of professional criminals he's inadvertently provided some stellar advic...
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Video Essay: The Doubles and Doppelgangers in the World of Michael Mann
Matt Zoller Seitz is one of the most esteemed film writers around and this video essay is proof why. Manhunter was ahead of its time in 1985 and Seitz analyzes the commonality that figures like Will Graham (William Peterson) and the Tooth Fairy (Tom Noonan) sh...
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Opening Acts 1/9/2015
Every day, 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 …
A Film About a Film at the End of the World by Tomas Hachard....
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Consider the Starman: 5 Cinematic Moments of David Bowie Fueled Awesomeness
One of the most powerful elements a film can employ is music. A strong soundtrack creates tone, stirs up atmosphere, and reflects the film’s material. Most brilliant directors have a keen ear for what music will compliment and fuel the aesthetic of a cinematic...
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Paternal Instincts: 5 “Dad Action” Films That Came in the Wake of “Taken”
When Taken made Liam Neeson a bankable action star at the prime age of 56, it not only reinvigorated the geriaction genre, but also sparked a new trend of action films that I’m going to dub “dad action.” All these films revolve around dads who can kick ass, bu...
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Love Streams: 1/8/2014
Nothing beats dragging your heavily resistant friends to the movies, sliding into the semi-uncomfortable and questionably sticky seat, and dealing with the annoying texter three rows below you. For everything else, there’s MasterCard.
Or in this instance, the...
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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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Remembering Takao Saito and The Castle Attack in Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran”
Takao Saito, the extraordinary cinematographer on many of Akira Kurosawa’s films, passed on Dec 6th of 2014 at the age of 85. One of my personal goals this year was to finally catch up on some of Kurosawa’s work, so just a few weeks ago I watched Ran for the f...
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Opening Acts 1/8/2014
Every day, 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 …
David Cronenberg Says Rotten Tomatoes Is Wrecking Film Critic...
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I Will Find You, and I Will Mock You: The Best “Taken” Parodies
Liam Neeson shoots, karate chops, and broods his way back into the hearts of moviegoers everywhere on Friday, January 9th. Yes, folks, we are but mere hours away from the release of Taken 3 (originally Tak3n, changed for those confused by the use of a "3" in l...
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