Meet the Writers: Nick Allen
Assistant Editor Nick Allen tackles the Movie Love Questionnaire.
Features
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Guillermo del Toro’s key theme; Silent frame rates and DCP; Exciting news from Sheila O’Malley; New “Star Wars” music; Unsinkable Effie Brown.
Book Review: “Gilliamesque: A Pre-Posthumous Memoir”
A book review of “Gilliamesque: A Pre-Posthumous Memoir.”
The Final “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Trailer is Unleashed
The final trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has arrived.
Book Excerpt: “Facing Blackness: Media and Minstrelsy in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled” by Ashley Clark
An excerpt from “Facing Blackness: Media and Minstrelsy in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled” by Ashley Clark.
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Raiders of the lost web; Eight highlights of Chicago film fest; Sexism of Bond Girls; Tarantino chats with Ellis; Enablers of pedophile culture.
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“The Martian” avoids the conventional; Jennifer Lawrence slams industry sexism; The Koch Brothers’ toxic empire; Pleasures of “Magic Mike XXL”; Movie titles lost in translation.
Book Excerpt: “The Boy Who Knew Too Much”
An excerpt from Jeffrey Westhoff’s book, “The Boy Who Knew Too Much.”
Bright Wall/Dark Room October 2015: “Guts & Glory” by Sophia Nguyen
The October installment of Bright Wall/Dark Room, which focuses on “The Knick.”
The Shape of Rage: David Cronenberg’s “The Brood”
An essay on David Cronenberg’s “The Brood.”
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On the set of “The Knick”; Swedish cinema gives women a bigger role; When Amazon dies; Stories of “Star Wars” extras; Chatting with Abi Morgan.
Crimson Peak Primer: 8 Films to Check Out Before Guillermo Del Toro’s Latest
Eight films to check out before Guillermo Del Toro’s “Crimson Peak” comes out Friday.
We Lost It At Our Video Stores: The Writers Remember Movie Rental Havens
Our contributors share their fondest memories of the bygone era of video stores.
Thumbnails 10/9/15
R.I.P. Chantal Akerman; Colin Healey on “Homemakers”; Rick Moranis isn’t retired; Taking a stand against sexism in Hollywood; Eli Roth on “Knock Knock.”
Short Films in Focus: “Air Conditions”
This month’s short film, “Air Conditions,” and an interview with its director.
Book Review: “I Lost It At the Video Store” by Tom Roston
A book review of “I Lost It At the Video Store” by Tom Roston
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Cinema unlocks man’s coma; Psychology of Voldemort; Edward Zwick on “Pawn Sacrifice”; Dann Gire on “Sicario”; “Happy Birthday” copyright invalidated by judge.
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Revisiting “Gates of Heaven”; Cops and doughnuts: a love story; Angelyne on celeb culture; Simpler era of “For Your Consideration”; Print is far from dead.
