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Film Features
Bigelow's Oscar Shouldn't Have Been The First: Female Directors Wrongly Ignored
Recently, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to ever win an Oscar for directing a film. She...
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South By South West Festival: Music on Film Roundup
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam As the sun sets on downtown Austin, America’s biggest freak-...
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The Clash's Rude Boy 30 Years Later: Ray Gange Interview
30 years ago this month punk’s prime movers The Clash released their first feature-length film ...
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All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Worst Oscar Winning Films
The Academy Awards have a reputation as the most respected and coveted honor in all of American...
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The Best From Berlin: Berlinale Film Festival Report
Greetings from deep-frozen Berlin, where the streets have been giant ice rinks for weeks, and t...
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Like Tears In The Rain: Death Scenes On The Big Screen
Death scenes are, let’s face it, a big part of the reason we go to the movies. Death is fascina...
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Unearthing The Lovely Bones: Peter Jackson's Most Mature Work To Date?
When Peter Jackson makes a film, he delivers adventure, wacky hi-jinx, worlds brimming over wit...
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Vomit, Comets And Tantrums: Films Made In Extreme Conditions
Recently, acclaimed director and noted crazy person Werner Herzog held classes teaching people ...
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Film Reviews
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Film Reviews
Valkyrie: Riding Roughshod Over History?
Plus: Scroll down for Shot From Both Sides: Cinema From The Enemy's Point of View The old adag...
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Setting The Standard: Role Models Reviewed
Making a comedic film requires a very difficult balancing act. As per the conventions of mainst...
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Indie Auteur: A Conversation With Joe Swanberg, 'Mumblecore' Lynchpin
Joe Swanberg made quite an impression at last year's London Film Festival with his latest work ...
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: Reviewed
I have put off writing this article for too many days now. The reason for this is not laziness,...
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Cinematic Santas - The Least Convincing And Naughtiest Santas on Film
"'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, no...
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New Patti Smith Documentary: Dream of Life - Reviewed
A few people, a charmed few, are lucky enough to give off light when a camera is on them. Patti...
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Generation Terrorists: The Baader-Meinhof Group’s Legacy
Growing up on a British Forces base in West Germany at the height of the cold war in the late 7...
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Choke and Cinema's Most Adventurous Book Adaptations
Chuck Palahniuk once said in an interview that his goal as a writer was not to make books which...
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