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Video: The 50 Best Movies of 2013
Michael Mirasol has created a short video showcasing our picks for the best films of last year.
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Not For Your Consideration
Another year has passed and again we find ourselves pining for recognition for films that should have been in the race, yet found themselves on the outside looking in. This is certainly not a new development, sometimes the films not nominated receive most of t...
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Top 10 Non-Franchise Spy Films
With Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit barreling into theaters this weekend, it seems Hollywood will never tire of attaching increasingly-nonsensical phrases onto their most popular spy franchises (Ghost Protocol? Quantum of Solace?); or, in the case of Jack Ryan, tho...
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Hainline’s 50 Most Anticipated Films of 2014
Last year, I provided for this site my Top 50 Most Anticipated Films of 2013. As someone who sees well north of 100 films a year, whittling down options from the upcoming calendar is a Herculean task to undertake (The Rock, not Kellan Lutz). However, I have pe...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Pom Poko’
Pom Poko is a strange film, and not just for the obvious reasons. Isao Takahata's first foray outside of the realism that defined his previous two features in the studio contains a premise that's strange enough on its own; about a clan of Japanese raccoon dogs...
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The 50 Best Movies of 2013
We thought that 2012 was a fantastic year for film, but 2013 turned out to be even better. Not even 50 places seems like quite enough to recognize every great movie that hit theaters over the past 12 months, but we've done our best to narrow it down. Nearly 30...
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Individual ‘Best Movies of 2013’ Ballots
Below are the individual ballots from each writer on the Movie Mezzanine staff. Hopefully you'll find an eclectic batch of interesting films from these lists, which best describes this great year of film. And be sure to check out our list of the 50 best films ...
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The Second Criterion: ‘Walkabout’
Mankind's ability to come together and form civilization is a key feature that distinguishes him from the rest of nature. Yet there is a thin line between civilization and nature. In Walkabout, The Australian Outback provides a visual space to explore the rel...
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Top 10 Golden Globe Victories
It's pretty easy to make fun of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and their Golden Globes. And a lot of fun to boot. But for all the awards they give out merely to get the most glamorous stars to give the most glamorous speeches, they're almost just as l...
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Looking Back: ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’
Being an outcast pre-teen has never been depicted so bleakly, depressingly, and hilariously as in Todd Solondz’s debut film Welcome to the Dollhouse. Reaching cult classic status, I only stumbled upon this film fairly recently; and though it was released back ...
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