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Video Essay: Lessons from “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Do you have thirty minutes to spare? This isn't just like any thirty minutes, and, no, this is not Jordan Belfort trying to sell you on something. From the moral motivations and the moral depravities of Mr. Belfort to the specific techniques Martin Scorsese us...
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Top 6 Reel Political Moments
With Election Day here at last, we can finally set aside some time from the day to actually vote. When it's all said and done, go back home and reflect with some of these better politically-themed films and cartoons.
1) The Candidate (dir. Michael Ritchie)
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"Wicked Women Part One: Lively and L...
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Wait Until Dark: 9 Unconventional Scary Movies
Watching horror movies is a standard and exciting Halloween tradition for many. But sometimes rewatching the same old films can get a little boring. You can certainly try to shake things up by watching something new or foreign, like Hausu or an early Cronenber...
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Woody Allen: The Dramatist
Movie Mezzanine is proud to bring you an excerpt from Jason Bailey's latest book, The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion. If you enjoy the following passage, be sure to purchase it here.
“I can never bear seeing a headline like ‘Woody Dying ...
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“Force Majeure” Director Ruben Östlund Examines the Perils of Groupthink: A Closer Look at the Swedish Director’s Filmography
Among the over 80 countries that have submitted films for the Oscars this year, Sweden's entry comes from a director unfamiliar to most North American cinephiles. Sweden has decided to submit Ruben Östlund's Force Majeure, but the film isn't Östlund's first to...
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The Man In a Room: Alex Ross Perry
Alex Ross Perry and I are at the tail end of a long discussion about his career when I finally ask him why his movies are so obsessed with loneliness. And then we talked about Paul Schrader.
Perry, 30, is speaking to me on the eve of the release of his thir...
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