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Top 5 Movies Based on True Stories
Dragons, zombie walkers and mythical super heroes are all integral parts of successful modern films and TV shows. Despite the allure of these characters there is still nothing quite as gripping as a film based on a true story.
Often truth is stranger th...
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Video Essay: On Orson Welles’ “The Big Brass Ring”
Two video essays on the later work of Orson Welles, as written about in F.X. Feeney's book from The Critical Press.
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László Nemes and Géza Röhrig
on “Son of Saul”
László Nemes' tour-de-force directorial debut, Son of Saul—which centers on the titular main character’s (Géza Röhrig) quest to bury the body of a dead boy that he claims is his lost son—is a powerful, thoughtful and inspiring representation of the horrors of ...
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Why “Frozen” Tried to Deny Its Nostalgic Influences
Editor's note: Today, we're proud to present readers with an exclusive passage from Josh Spiegel's book Yesterday is Forever: Nostalgia and Pixar Animation Studios. Be sure to pick up the book up now that it's available for purchase from The Critical Press.
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Video Essay: On The Timelessness of “Toy Story”
Josh Spiegel's new book, Yesterday is Forever: Nostalgia and Pixar Animation Studios, is a critical study of the 20-year filmography of Pixar Animation Studios, and how the company's use of cutting-edge technology is designed for stories that look back at the ...
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This Week on MUBI: “The Headless Woman”
Editor's note: We are thrilled to announce that MUBI, the curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best independent, international, and classic films, is sponsoring Movie Mezzanine. You can use the discount on this promo pa...
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On Richard Pryor and His “Wise Old Man, Mudbone”
Editor's note: Today, we're proud to present readers with an exclusive passage from Jason Bailey's book Richard Pryor: American Id. Be sure to pick up the book up now that it's available for purchase from The Critical Press.
In the short stories collected in ...
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The 20 Best French Horror Films Ever
In France, the idea of horror is a little different than in Hollywood. In the past, French horror directors generally eschewed jump scares in favor of a feeling of creeping death. Cameras were distant, characters were blank and horror was imposing, if not a na...
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“Re-Animator” At 30
In his book Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century, Jonathan Glover discusses what he calls "the cold joke”—wringing humor out of a lack of respect for human life—as a method people often use to distance themselves from atrocities they partake in, ...
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“Showgirls” At 20: It’s Better Than You Think
“You didn’t convince me” was the first substantial comment I received on my book It Doesn’t Suck when I passed around advance copies to friends and colleagues in early spring of 2014, after my editors at ECW Press had signed off on a final draft. Suffice it to...
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