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UPDATED: Oscars 2013 Predictions

Some changes/updates here and there. The news that Hitchcock will bow in 2012 shakes up the race a bit, but I don’t really expect it to make too huge a splash in the Best Picture category (call me stupid). Anthony … Continue reading

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ESPN’s Arnold’s Blueprint

Earlier this week, ESPN premiered its newest 30 for 30 Shorts series with a 10-minute film called Arnold’s Blueprint (watch it here), about the years leading up to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s unique and unprecedented rise to fame. These documentary projects are … Continue reading

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Detropia Trailer and Doc Rants, Rants, Rants

I started hearing about this film when it had a Kickstarter campaign for distribution funding. From the directors of one of the most terrifying films I’ve ever seen, Jesus Camp, Detropia turns its lens on the abandoned metropolis of Detroit. … Continue reading

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A Bond Newbie’s Thoughts on 007: Casino Royale

Short Take: Overall, I’m impressed with my first real venture into the Bond world. While Casino Royale’s storytelling often seemed as disjointed as a hyperactive cat chasing an unraveling ball of yarn, I did always feel engaged. Spies kill. Just … Continue reading

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A Bond Newbie’s Thoughts on 007: Introduction

I’ll admit it, I’m a film snob. Get me started on the most over used visual metaphor in cinema being reflective bars that signal emotional imprisonment and we may chat all night. Want to debate whether Pasolini’s handling of Jesus … Continue reading

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Rare Kindness: The Intouchables

Like so many contemporary Europeans movies, especially those coming out of France, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s The Intouchables – France’s 2013 Oscar submission – borrows a typically Hollywood aesthetic. Somehow, even when existing along predictable plot points, fit with … Continue reading

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Benh Zeitlin’s Short Glory at Sea

If you’ve seen Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, you know that it announces a rare visionary talent on the independent American film scene. Anchored by two dynamic performances, one being the very best child acting you will see … Continue reading

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Paul Thomas Anderson & Symmetry

A nice video essay about Paul Thomas Anderson’s nuanced use of symmetry and mirroring in There Will Be Blood. It’s enough to give you a headache – but it might be worth it – to think about how Anderson continues … Continue reading

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Promised Land Trailer

At first glance, Promised Land looks a little like a superficial dramatization of Gasland to me. I hope Van Sant and company make me eat these words as I fully anticipate this could be a gripping drama that makes startling, … Continue reading

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Errol Morris v. Colbert

http://www.hulu.com/watch/403693 In anticipation of his newest book, A Wilderness of Error, Errol Morris appeared for a fun exchange with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report. Morris is one my favorite filmmakers because of his commitment to using the documentary form as … Continue reading

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