Video interview with Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley of “The Spectacular Now”
Katherine Tulich talks to Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, the stars of “The Spectacular Now.”
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Grief Destroys a Small Town in BBC America’s Devastating “Broadchurch”
In the British hit television series “Broadchurch,” finally arriving
stateside, death is far
more than just a plot device. It is an event that shatters history. Rarely has the
ripple effect of an unspeakable murder been more deftly
and brilliantly captured than it is in this television event.
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The negative influence of “The Godfather”; how “the tease” has developed a central role in pop culture; America’s de-newspaperization; things that aren’t feminism; siding with the victim in horror films.
Why most modern action films are terrible
Nick Schager ponders the new crop of action directors, who bring ‘serious film’ cred to the genre, but can’t seem to show personality where it counts the most.
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Eileen Brennan dies; Russia’s film industry and The Associated Press in decline; defending Scott Simon’s running tweet of his mother’s passing; over-used poster clichés.
Paul Schrader: Porn Again?
Is the director’s explicit “The Canyons” the nadir of his career—or its climax?
Gliding Over All: An Interview with “Breaking Bad” Cinematographer Michael Slovis
Dave Bunting’s video essay examines the visual style of “Breaking Bad” Season 2. He also spoke with the show’s cinematographer, Michael Slovis.
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China isn’t paying Hollywood studios; finding American resonances in “The Hunt”; how the media helped Anthony Weiner become a successful exhibitionist; revisiting the first solo rap record.
James Cromwell talks about “Still Mine”
In a Q&A with an audience for the new film “Still Mine,” James Cromwell discusses everything from the Bush family to his first nude scene.
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“Dawn of the Dead”, Japanese-style; the effects of the depression in Greece; what happens when blogs go silent; revisiting Cronenberg’s “The Dead Zone”; Fassbinder/Foley.
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On Trayvon and Questlove and feminism and racism; why the American right hates Detroit; Elliott Gould tells tales out of school; why somebody should adapt Stephen King’s ‘The Long Walk.’
She doesn’t give a damn about her bad reputation: Why “The To Do List” is revolutionary
“The To Do List” may not be a film of great substance, but this comedy
about a young girl’s strange, semi-erotic journey from untouched maiden
to minx accomplishes something both rare and significant for a teen
movie: it places a female character in the central role as unapologetic
sexual aggressor.
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All the movies Stanley Kubrick was known to have liked; the 25 most exciting young female filmmakers in cinema today; Skyler White is not a bitch; why Spike Lee doesn’t need Kickstarter; reporter’s account of watching her elderly parents getting arrested; scientists implant false memory in a mouse’s brain; Paul Thomas Anderson directs Fiona Apple.
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What it means to craft “personal” writing; Steven Soderbergh pledges $10,000 to Spike Lee’s Kickstarter film; inside the Malick lawsuit; revisiting “There Will Be Blood.”
“That’s not a plot hole. Allow me to explain.”
You see it happen more and more often these days: a movie pauses to address a potential plot hole, then explains it away with clunky dialogue or ignores it and moves on. The movies are trying to plug leaks in a boat before the whole thing sinks—never quite repairing it, but doing just enough to get by.
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Remembering Dennis Farina; why Nate Silver doesn’t do the Oscars well; eulogizing Detroit; deeper into Troma.
Blood on the screen: Violence, movies and Me
How does screen violence make you feel? What kind hurts, and what kind doesn’t? What goes through your mind when you see blood on the screen?
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“The Godfather” as reimagined by J.J. Abrams; two USC grads who represent the future of filmmaking; a site is charged under an obscure Canadian anti–comic book law; advice for future visionary filmmakers; how “Sex and the City” lost its rep.
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Emmy nominations and reactions; 10 best shows never nominated for a best series Emmy; the screenwriting book that’s made every movie feel the same; sexual harassment at ComicCon; remembering The Golden Child, if only to prove that one can; Netflix responds to charges that it crops its movies; Roger and Gene on letterboxing.
“It could have been me”: Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan talk about “Fruitvale Station”
Director Ryan Coogler and his star Michael B. Jordan talk about the making of “Fruitvale Station,” and why this project matters so much to them.
