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Bette Davis, Always the Animated Star
Each time Bette Davis's name comes up here or there (surprisingly often) I feel waves of guilt that I never completed that Seasons of Bette series. And here I was planning my own series, as its follow...
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Breaking: Streep & Blunt Trading Places
Top billed but so what?! Meryl Streep has the first poster for Christmas release Into the Woods all to herself and the Witch is always the marquee role in Stephen Sondheim's musical on stage. But Meryl...
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NYFF: Pasolini, or One Day of Sodom
Our coverage of the New York Film Festival continues - here is Jason tackling Abel Ferrara's biopic Pasolini with Willem Dafoe. This is a review of Abel Ferrara's Pasolini, but let me just start by...
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NYFF: Out of Sight, Time Out of Mind
NYFF continues. Here's Glenn looking at Richard Gere in 'Time Out of Mind'. “The Richard Gere homeless movie” is a bit of a glib way to describe Time out of Mind, but that is the moniker that Oren...
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Another Lead Role for Quvenzhané Wallis
Margaret here to talk about what's new with everyone's favorite collector of puppy purses: Quvenzhané Wallis is on a roll. Her breakout performance in Beasts of the Southern Wild could have easily put...
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Tim's Toons: Latvia's animated submission to the Best Foreign Language race
Tim here. The cut-off date for countries to choose their official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar was October 1, and while the list hasn’t been officially confirmed by the Academy...
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Linkside Out
All the news stories we didn't get to and/or articles we like with a wee slant toward the stage this morning... itching to see a show again. Guardian on the homophobic charges against the MPAA. That...
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NYFF: A Tiger and a Princess (or Two) Walk Into a Cafe...
NYFF continues. Here's Nathaniel with brief takes on three films... Allow me to break a rule of film criticism. Rather than wag fingers at directors/films and call them "pretentious!" (a common and...
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NYFF: Two Days, One Night
Our NYFF coverage continues with Michael Cusumano on Belgium's "Two Days, One Night" starring Marion Cotillard The experience of watching the Dardenne brothers latest critically adored Cannes hit, Two...
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Baywatch: the Film?
Manuel here to bring great news to fans of 90s TV shows and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. I know you’re out there! Not to be outdone in this week’s “craziest Hollywood pitch ideas finally being...
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What's on your cinematic mind?
While we've been film-festing, what have been doing? Tell us about your latest movie adventure. I'll start: I accidentally watched First Wives Club again the other day and though it's a really bad (but...
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How To Get Away With Murder - Two Episodes
How to Procrastinate Film Blogging? Live-blog a tv show. Since The Film Experience has been in Viola Davis's corner for a dozen years now -- I gave her one of her first film prizes even if she didn't...
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NYFF: 'Jauja' Loses Viggo (And The Audience) In The Wilderness
NYFF continues with Michael C on Jauja starring Viggo Mortensen Lisandro Alonso’s Jauja does so many things that critics complain films don’t do, I feel obligated to love it. It has a rich sense of...
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Meet the Contenders: Rosamund Pike "Gone Girl"
Each weekend a profile on a just-opened Oscar contender. Here's abstew on this weekend's breakthrough leading lady. Mild tonal spoilers follow Rosamund Pike as "Amazing Amy" in Gone Girl Best Actress...
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NYFF: Mike Leigh and Dick Pope Begin Oscar Preparations with 'Mr Turner'
It wasn’t just the obvious reasons relating to being a fan of William Turner that made Mike Leigh want to make Mr. Turner. No, what it essentially boiled down to for the British director and his...
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Box Office: Expect Gone Girl To Stick Around
Hey all, Nathaniel back at my own home blog. Sorry for my radio silence the past couple of days but on rare occasions the words just don't come. What did you see this weekend? Here's what the masses...
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NYFF: Beloved Sisters
"...and that is why you should nominate us for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars."Our NYFF coverage continues with Nathaniel learning a 'don't procrastinate lesson' This will be brief though the movie is...
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Interview: Matthew Warchus (Pride, God of Carnage, Matilda The Musical) on...
Portions of this interview originally appeared in Nathaniel's column at Towleroad discussing "Pride," the year's most adorable movie. This is the full interview with additional topics, Matilda the...
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NYFF: Mike Leigh's Exquisite and Frustrating 'Mr. Turner'
NYFF coverage continues with Michael C on Mike Leigh's latest When a film like Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner comes along you find yourself wishing you could take back all the “great cinematography” praise...
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Steve Martin: 2015 AFI Life Achievement Award Honoree
Manuel here with some Steve Martin news. Did you all hear? Not content with having been pegged for an Honorary Oscar just last year (and a Kennedy Center Honors back in 2007 as well as an American...
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