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Top 15 Filmmakers to Look for in 2014
2015 is the year major studios are releasing all of their biggest blockbusters in hopes that their hundred million dollar babies (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Batman vs. Superman, Star Wars: Episode VII, Hunger Games: Mockingjay and Bond 24) fight to become the mo...
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Our 25 Favorite Movie Mezzanine Stories of 2013
No time in the movie industry seems to be as sluggish and desolate as the first week of every January. That's why in an attempt enliven this slow month, we're going to reflect on the year that was. In 2013 Movie Mezzanine managed to publish a grand total of 1,...
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Year in Review: Critics and Critic Groups Pick Their Best Films of 2013
December is that joyous (or hellish) time of the year in the world of cinema when publications of all kinds demand that their critics publish their "best films of the year" lists. Since Movie Mezzanine will not be running such a list till early January, we're ...
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The 20 Best Scenes of 2013
Last year wasn't just a strong year of film; it was also a year of such an eclectic variety of good films of all sorts. While there wasn't a whole lot to chew on in the mainstream American film landscape, the independent and foreign scenes were thriving with g...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Man of Steel’
A funny thing happened this summer. A new Zack Snyder film landed, though this one had immensely more favorable pre-release buzz than any of the director’s previous efforts. The trailers all landed with considerably positive feedback, and everything about the ...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘To the Wonder’
Reaching out is both the quintessential gesture and the central image of Terrence Malick’s films – his latest one being no exception. To the Wonder offers numerous shots of extended hands brushing against objects as different as rock, grass and a lover’s skin....
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
Antoine Fuqua's DIE HARD rip-off is the kind of Action Movie Fantasy we should celebrate.
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Touchy Feely’
Lynn Shelton's latest feature didn't receive the attention it deserves.
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Mud’
This overlooked gem may contain McConaughey's best performance of the year.
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Wolf Children’
Christopher Runyon shines a spotlight at the most underseen Japanese animated film of the year, Mamoru Hosada's 'Wolf Children.'
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