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Framed in Shame

There's a Someecards meme floating around that reads, "If I don't have sex with you, I'm a prude. If I use the pill, I'm a slut. If I get pregnant, I'm an idiot. And if I choose abortion, I'm Satan."…

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A man with storms in his head

A professor at my department who studied neuroscience, once told us something you have probably heard elsewhere: If you think you're crazy or getting crazy, that means you are not crazy because crazy people do not know that they are…

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The actor as form for the film

A video essay published in tandem with Indiewire "The human face is the great subject of the cinema. Everything is there." - Ingmar Bergman The craggy complexion. The stately ovate chin. Those thin lips deceptively wrapped around that charming smile.…

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The ultimate expression of humanity

This movie is 97 minutes of trying not to blink. Image after luxurious 70MM image. A perfect soundtrack. I watched it again, wearing headphones, sitting really close to an HD screen letting the film astound me with its Blu-Ray picture.…

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Too much frosting, not enough cake

Is Bryan Singer's "The Usual Suspects" (1995) one of the greatest films ever made? I admit there was a time, right after I saw it, that it seemed special. For most of my first viewing, I thought I was watching…

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Remembering Mike Wallace

News that the incomparable journalist Mike Wallace has died brought back a story. In a life filled with remarkable and dramatic events, it is perhaps among the most memorable but little told. It happened in Iran in 1981. In early…

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A family secret

Looking back at when I watched "Life, Above All" (2010) last December, I discern that I'm a more jaded person than I think. At one point in the story, I wondered if its heroine really had to do what she…

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Mister Rogers Goes to the Movies

Why in the world couldn't we use this thing called television for the broadcasting of grace through the land? - Mr Rogers There aren't many films that have made me cry. "Brokeback Mountain" prickled my eyes. "Toy Story 2" caused…

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Piracy isn't always that simple

Matt Singer wrote a thoughtful piece against piracy a few days ago here on Criticwire. I read it with great interest. And I believe that he is correct, provided that Piracy fits a certain context. Let me try and provide…