“The Americans” & “The Red Road” Continue Strong Start For TV Drama in 2014
With several new dramas returning or premiering in the next week, Brian Tallerico says The Americans and The Red Road are two to watch.
Features
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An essay on the “Before” series; Quality undistributed films; Art that defines generations; Negative reviews of best pictures nominees; The failings of RoboCop.
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Jimmy Fallon begins his tenure on the Tonight Show; Five modern films that should be turned into literature; An extended take on the extended version of The Counselor; “Dream Projects” turned disasters; Reviews of seasons 2 of House of Cards.
Networks Take Another Stab at Keeping Diminishing Comedy Audiences
NBC hopes an Olympic-sized push will bring audiences to two new sitcoms while ABC launches another dating comedy and FXX pushes the envelope.
Book Excerpt: Meryl Streep: Anatomy of an Actor
In this excerpt from Meryl Streep: Anatomy of an Actor, Karina Longworth discusses Streep’s performance in “Silkwood.”
Meet the Writers: Christy Lemire
Writer Christy Lemire responds to our Movie Love Questionnaire.
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A career view on Bill Murray; Personally connecting to Her; An editor from The New Yorker waxes poetic on aging, intimacy and death; Long takes on television; and a Hollywood desert land.
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Old films into purgatory; A Nine to Five reevaluation; True Detective and literary references; Internet trolls are the worst; and a Studio Ghibli retrospective.
Meet the Writers: Glenn Kenny
Writer Glenn Kenny responds to our Movie Love Questionnaire.
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A conversation on The Lego Movie; Examination of Paul Verhoeven; Arguing for Steve McQueen as “Best Director”; Martin Scorsese objectifying women in movies; Mindful retweeting.
Amazon & Netflix Push Alternatives to Winter Olympics
While most of the broadcast and cable networks have gone
into a holding pattern during the Sochi Winter Olympics, Amazon and Netflix have taken the opportunity to offer
some interesting alternatives to downhill skiing.
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An oral history of RoboCop; Sid Ceasar passes away; Shia LaBeouf has a new artistic endeavor; Social media sites as the front pages of the Internet; Roeper on Leno.
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The comment on Godard’s ‘No Comment’; Polanski’s victim offers some advice to Dylan Farrow; the comedy club theory of dictatorship; Shia’s brand new bag.
Armadillos in Their Trousers: The Tragic Special Snowflakes of “This is Spinal Tap”
Thirty years after the release of “This is Spinal Tap”, Ali Arikan looks back at this mocku-rocku-mentary.
Blu-ray Consumer Guide: February 10 2014
Six recent releases on Blu-ray, including Fellini’s “Il Bidone” and two Tyrone Power movies.
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Joe Dallesandro; “Blazing Saddles” at 40; women and revenge; women and Scorsese.
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Post-Beatles Beatles movies; heroin and creativity; Terry Gilliam’s life in 8 movies; Hannibal’s food stylist.
On Seeing “Life Itself” at a Special Advance Screening
Søren Hough of MovieFail.com talks about his experience seeing “Life Itself at a special screening for contributors to the Indiegogo campaign that helped fund the movie.
