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			Home Entertainment Guide: February 2021
					
		
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			Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: December 13, 2018
					
		
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			NYFF 2018: Roma, Her Smell, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, At Eternity’s Gate
					
		
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			Venice Film Festival 2018: Suspiria, Peterloo, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Non-Fiction
					
		
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			If I Had an Emmy Ballot 2018
					
		
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			Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: March 22, 2018
					
		
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			Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: February 15, 2018
					
		
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			The Shape of Water Tops 2018 Oscar Nominees
					
		
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			Women Rock the 23rd Critics Choice Awards
					
		
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			L.A. Film Critics Association Awards Ceremony to be Held January 13th
					
		
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			Time’s Up: A Report From the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards
					
		
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			Three Billboards, Lady Bird Win Big at 75th Golden Globes
					
		
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			“The Room” at Midnight: The Complicated Politics of Irony
					
		
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			Amazon’s “Jean-Claude Van Johnson” Doesn’t Live Up to Great Premise
					
		
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			“The Shape of Water” Leads the 2018 Golden Globe Nominees
					
		
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			“Call Me By Your Name” Leads Chicago Film Critics Nominations
					
		
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			My Favorite Films of 2017
					
		
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			Preserving the Mystery: Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter on “The Disaster Artist”
					
		
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			“Get Out,” “Call Me by Your Name” Win Big at 2017 Gotham Awards
					
		
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			“Call Me by Your Name,” “Get Out” and “Good Time” Lead Spirit Award Nominees
					
		
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			Deadline’s The Contenders 2017 Kicks Off Oscar Season
					
		
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			TIFF 2017: Midnight Madness, Part One
					
		
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			“Alien: Covenant” Deserves a Second Look on Blu-ray
					
		
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			Thumbnails 5/22/17
					
		
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			2016 Fall Movie Preview: 50 Movies That’ll Prove Film Isn’t Dead
					
		
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			2016 Summer Movie Preview: A Four-Month, Blockbuster Festival, Part II
					
		
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			Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: April 7, 2016
					
		
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			“The Little Prince: The Art of the Movie” Offers Glimpse at Cinematic Satisfaction Delayed
					
		
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			Sundance 2016: “Goat”
					
		
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			TBS’ “Angie Tribeca” is Rampantly and Wonderfully Dorky
					
		
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			Sundance 2016 Completes Lineup with New Films from Werner Herzog, Kelly Reichardt and More
					
		
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			Short Films in Focus: “Air Conditions”
					
		
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			TIFF 2015: “Every Thing Will Be Fine,” “Demon,” “London Road”
					
		
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			Who’s Who In Reviews: Glenn Kenny
					
		
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			2015 Summer Movie Preview: A Four-Month, Blockbuster Festival
					
		
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			Berlin 2015: “Eisenstein in Guanajuato,” “Aferim!,” “Queen of Earth”
					
		
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			Berlin 2015: “Every Thing Will Be Fine,” “Under Electric Clouds,” “The Club,” “The Pearl Button”
					
		
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			Berlin 2015: Werner Herzog’s “The Queen of the Desert”
					
		
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			Sundance 2015: “I Am Michael,” “True Story,” “Mississippi Grind,” “Digging For Fire”
					
		
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			Fans Descend on Anaheim For WonderCon 2014
					
		
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			New York Film Festival: “Real” and “Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa”
					
		
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			Two Parts of a Whole: The Legacy of Charles and Ray Eames
					
		
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			CIFF 2010: Our capsule reviews
					
		
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