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Examining The Films of Spike Lee
Spike Lee is one of the few directors working today whose style is immediately recognizable. From the tone-setting opening credits sequences, to the famously infamous double dolly shot, to cinematography and editing that felt as if it were physically affecting...
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Film Critic of the Week: Wesley Morris
Since its inception in 1970, the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism has been awarded to only five film critics: Roger Ebert, Stephen Hunter, Joe Morgenstein, Mark Feeney, and as of 2012, Wesley Morris. The latest recipient of the prestigious prize was gracious enoug...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’
Christopher Runyon looks back at what could be the nicest movie ever made.
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Grave of the Fireflies’
'Grave of the Fireflies' is one of the most harrowing anti-war films ever made and the most emotionally devastating from Studio Ghibli.
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Top 10 Greatest Sequels Of All Time
With The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releasing this Friday, and sequels cropping up seemingly every week, it's about time that we take a look back at what are some of the greatest sequels ever put on screen. Be it big franchise films (like the first one we'll ...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘My Neighbor Totoro’
Christopher Runyon explores Studio Ghibli's most iconic and joyous film, Miyazaki's 'My Neighbor Totoro.'
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Ten Films About Hollywood By Hollywood
There are few topics that get Hollywood quite as excited as Hollywood. The chance to promote the riveting, hustle-bustle of a town with millions of dollars riding on every passing second is a tempting one for producers. Some are quite acerbic in their depictio...
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Looking Back: ‘It Happened One Night’
We get so used to some movies simply being around that our own praise for them may itself become a cliché. The minute It Happened One Night is brought up, a handful of old chestnuts gets inevitably evoked: its classic status as the ultimate romantic comedy, it...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Castle in the Sky’
Studio Ghibli was officially formed in 1985 after proving themselves with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind a year earlier. Believe it or not, the name “Ghibli” actually comes not from the Japanese language, but from a mispronounced Arabic word referring to a...
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