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Elaine Stritch (1925-2014)
When Colleen Donaghy died on 30 Rock in the episode "My Whole Life is Thunder" I tried to think of it as tragicomic rehearsal. A chance to acknowledge that death was coming for the beloved theater...
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Links
Complex imagining TV prequels to movies. Hilarious. The description of "Kramer Loves Kramer" is priceless.New Republic "I don't f***ing care if you like it." an excellent piece on gender politics in...
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Tim's Toons: Why the animated Batman is the best Batman
Tim here. During this week’s edition of Hit Me with Your Best Shot, it came as, I assume, no real surprise that my pick came from the animated Batman feature, Mask of the Phantasm. But it’s not just a...
View ArticlePitch Perfect 2 is Almost Done Shooting!
Anna Kendrick posted this last night, with this note: All these bitches wrap tomorrow and leave me behind...... I totally H💖TE them. Pitch Perfect wasn't a perfect movie but it turns out to be highly...
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Oscar Updates: Acting Pairs and Young Bucks
The chart updates continue. I've been thinking a lot about Foxcatcher and Love is Strange and whether or not Sony Pictures Classics will have the guts to campaign all four of those male leads as leads....
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DIY YNMS, OK?
Acronym Attack! Yes No Maybe So is not a comprehensive series and we cherry pick the trailers we want to discuss and watch. But sometimes we aren't trying to throw shade by ignoring them. They just get...
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Review: Double Linklater with 'Boyhood' and 'Double Play'
Glenn here. Richard Linklater’s Boyhood has been receiving a lot of attention lately. For good reason too, I should say, even if I don’t quite agree that it is the transcendental experience that many...
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Team Top Ten: Best TV to Film Adaptations of All Time
Amir here, to welcome you to another edition of Team Top Ten, a poll of all of the website’s contributors. The topic du jour given that it's Emmy season is Best Films Adaptated from TV Series. For as...
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ICYMI (12 Days 'til Smackdown)
July's heat has slowed us down a bit here at TFE (I'm actually at the beach as you read this) but if you haven't been popping in each day you might've missed some goodies. Herewith a baker's dozen of...
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"Otherwise it goes in the pile"
Mary Steenburgen is always the boss of you. (Great Moments in Screen Bitchery #1051: Mary Steenburgen in The Help)
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What did you see this weekend?
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes continued to sell well (and should easily surpass Rise's gross) but the only box office story of much interest this weekend is Boyhood's incredible success at only 33...
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Burning Questions: Are Marvel films Interchangeable?
Amir here and I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore. There is no Marvel movie in theatres at the moment but the world is anticipating Guardians of the Galaxy very soon, as has been the...
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Beauty Vs Beast: The Devil & Chris MacNeil
JA from MNPP here - what with The Film Experience turning its eyes towards the year that was 1973 this month I kind of feel it's my duty as the horror-genre drum-beater in residence to pick up the...
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Help Wanted
Regular ContributorTFE is looking for a new regular with a focus on current cinema / movie news. Must have your own voice but one that still fits with the general tone of the site (i.e. serious about...
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Linkpiercer
Guardian Tim Robey has a lovely tribute to TV & film star James Garner (RIP) who I'll always remember best for Murphy's Romance and Victor/Victoria in the 1980sPajiba I'm more of a cat person but...
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Curio: James Garner, Jim Rockford, and an altered matchbox car
Alexa here, back from vacation with an atypical Curio. I was very saddened at the news of James Garner's passing. While I am a fan of many of his films (The Americanization of Emily ranks especially...
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True Blood: Return to Oz
Here's Adam, who is still on the death march to True Blood's final episode. This weekend's episode of True Blood took place almost entirely at Sookie's house as assorted Bon Tempser forced a...
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Happy 50th to the Inimitable John Leguizamo
Happy 50th to the enduring character actor and one man show trouper John Leguizamo. He has his first (film) hit in years this summer as part of the ensemble of Chef and he's arguably even its secret...
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Celebrating Sandra with "Hope Floats"
With Sandra Bullock's 50th birthday approaching we'll be looking at a few of her films. Here's Andrew Kendall on a little discussed '98 picture. - Ed. Is it strange that when asked to celebrate Sandra...
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1973 Look Back: Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye"
We're giving 1973 some context as we approach the Smackdown. Here's Matthew Eng on an Altman film. There’s an unmistakable sense of nostalgia that permeates Robert Altman’s seldom-seen 1973 neo-noir...
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