Cold Eyes and Weary Bodies in "Hud"
For this week's Hit Me With Your Best Shot we're celebrating Hud on it's 50th anniversary Though I readily concede that its my own prejudices as a Yank and a cityboy that get in the way, I rarely...
View ArticleReader Spotlight: Grace Miao
In Reader Spotlight we get to know The Film Experience community one by one. It's taking forever for which you know I'm grateful. Today we're talking to Grace in Toronto. NATHANIEL: Hi Grace. Why do...
View ArticleSay What? Prisoners
Amuse us. Caption or add dialogue to this first still from Prisoners with Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman. [via] (Two of our favorite actors!) I'll choose a winner Friday.
View ArticleBlue is the Hottest Controversy
Julien K. here, your special correspondent in Paris, reporting on the recent controversy surrounding the latest Palme d’or winner, Blue is the Warmest Color. As those of you who are familiar with the...
View ArticleThe Decline and Fall of M. Night Shyamalan
Hi, Tim here. This weekend sees the release of After Earth, the latest of 2013’s surprisingly well-stocked slate of post-apocalyptic sci-fi thrillers, starring Will and Jaden Smith. These are all...
View ArticleI Guess That's Why They Call It The Link
Hotel Chatter Regina King shows us the best revenge when you're dumped and your tv show is cancelled: look fabulous and happyAntagony & Ecstasy reviews all Star Trek movies for you because Tim is...
View ArticleVisual Index ~ Hud's Best Shot(s)
I know it's my own fault since I failed to post on Fantasia last week but I was a bit sad that we had a lower than usual turnout for Hud for this week's "Best Shot" selection (the last of our weekly...
View ArticleCast This: Young Hillary & Young Elton
There's a lot of talk going around about the casting of a young Hilary Rodham Clinton in a bio with big star names like Reese, Jessica and Scarlett floating around though all seem too sexy if you ask...
View ArticleBelated Birthday Flowers: Carey, Annette, Helena
Belated Birthday May Flowers ~ Andrew here. It’s the end of May and with the end of the month comes the end of May Flowers (*tear*). This past week saw three significant birthdays pass by for The Film...
View ArticleMay. It's a Wrap.
Maybe we ended with a whimper but May was a pretty great month here at TFE with lots of bangs for your buck... not that you are spending bucks (though we always welcome subscriptions -- see sidebar --...
View ArticleWill Smith Doesn't Know His Oscar History
Have you read this incredibly obnoxious interview with Big Willie & Son on working together and the family business "patterns, boom!" There are a lot of ridiculous pull quotes but this one, on the...
View ArticleAsk Nathaniel...
Your chance to ask me questions and I pick two handfuls to answer in next week's Q&A column. So have at it (but bear in mind questions that would require a huge top ten article or entire lengthy...
View ArticleBox Office: Little Willie Style
Absence doesn't always make the heart grow fonder. Will Smith quit headlining movies very abruptly 5 years ago. He stuck a toe back in box office waters last year for another Men in Black but the...
View ArticleBurning Questions: Can Binge Watching Hurt a Show?
Hello, dear readers. Michael C here to take a detour into TV blogging. Is season four picking at the carcass of a once great show or just more greatness? It has now been a full week since Netflix...
View ArticleMad Men @ the Movies: "You Maniacs! God Damn You All to Hell"
You may have noticed that Mad Men at the Movies has been absent for over a month. I'm kind of like that date Ginsberg had with the hot teacher or Betty's brunette dye job - I am dropped plot threads!...
View ArticleAfter Link: Blue Jasmine, Red Wedding, Emerald City
Stranger Than Most encourages you to see these 20 underseen masterpieces. Lot of great films mentioned though I shall limit my "seconded!" shouting to Summer Hours, Three Women and [safe] todayGuardian...
View ArticleBest Written TV Shows?
If you haven't read the 101 Best Written Television Series list (voted on by the Writers Guild of America), chances are you've been on a wee internet break for the past 24 hours. But I kinda have been...
View ArticleReader Spotlight: Jeremy in New York
Jeremy EgglestonWe're getting to know The Film Experience readership, one-by-one. This will take a while and we love you for that. Thanks for being part of our ever-growing community. Today we're...
View ArticleTeam Top Ten: The Greatest Comic Book Adaptations of All Time
Amir here. It’s the first Tuesday of the month and we’re back with another edition of Team Top Ten. In case you haven’t caught up with the series yet, you can see our first episode here (best new...
View ArticleFurther thoughts on M. Night Shyamalan's apocalypse
Picking up where we left off: having tracked the steady descent in quality through the filmography of M. Night Shyamalan, it felt like it would be a good idea to revisit the man now that the weekend is...
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