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Features (10 posts found)
The Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films
The various Academy Award categories for short films generally receive the least amount of attention. That is, unless you're an Oscar prognosticator or have money riding on the show, in which case these nominations are a source of frustration, since very few p...
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The Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films
The various Academy Award categories for short films generally receive the least amount of attention. That is, unless unless you're an Oscar prognosticator or have money riding on the show, in which case these nominations are a source of frustration, since ver...
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The Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films
The various Academy Award categories for short films generally receive the least amount of attention. That is, unless you're an Oscar prognosticator or have money riding on the show, in which case these nominations are a source of frustration, since very few p...
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Top 10 “Kids’ Stuff” Movies
For those of us who either never really grew up, or just have a really open mind about valid subject matter for a film (depends on if you ask us or our families, I suppose), the truly great film based on material done originally for children seems nearly impos...
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The Lav Diaz Retrospective
Due to the elusive nature of Diaz's works his films are very difficult to find unless you're looking or living in the right places. The ones who are lucky enough to stumble upon his pictures often find themselves with nothing more than VHS tape level of qualit...
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A Video Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Yesterday we lamented the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Today we celebrate his life.
In an attempt to pay homage to one of the most versatile and transcendent actors of his (or any other) generation, Movie Mezzanine's Jack Anderson has put together a vid...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Princess Mononoke’
Studio Ghibli was constantly proving what animation could be capable of, but it took 12 years for them to produce their first real "epic". If other works of Japanese anime like Akira and Ghost in the Shell showed how animation could bring stunning sci-fi visio...
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Top 10 ‘Fugitive In Hiding’ Movies
If there's one thing of which the movies simply cannot get enough, it's outlaws. And how better to really turn the narrative screws against them than to put them on the run, having recently escaped from some overbearing force that desperately wants to get ahol...
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Top 10 Classic Star/Director Collaborations
With Leonardo DiCaprio & Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street attacking the box office, awards season, and cheap editorials nationwide, it's as good a time as any to consider those very special working relationships between a director and star that tr...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Whisper of the Heart’
Whisper of the Heart. What a lovely title for a story. Simple, poetic, and evocative of how beautifully transient the simplest of moments can be. It also best describes the appeal of Yoshifumi Kondô's short-lived legacy as an animator: he came and went like a ...
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