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Bird Watching – Ten Awesome Films by Women to Stream Right Now
I very much believe it is the duty of a true film fan to look around on a regular basis and make sure that the films you’re consuming represent a variety of voices. It is, obviously, one of the reasons I write this column. In…
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For the Ladies – The Hard Way (1943)
Heterosexual romance often takes center stage in movies targeted to the ladies, but can also take a back seat to a more central female relationship. Portrayals of friendship are an important part of the women’s picture, but so are depictions of rivalry and duplicity. Add…
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An Appreciation – Rear Window
If someone who has never seen a Hitchcock film asked me to recommend the one they should see first, I would pick Rear Window (1954). Not only is it highly entertaining and full of well-developed suspense, but it also incorporates everything that made Alfred Hitchcock…
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Bird Watching – Considering the Greatest-Ever Films By Women
In the wake of last week’s release of the Sight & Sound list of the Greatest Films of All Time for 2012—a list that comes out once a decade, and is generated by collecting the opinions of hundreds of film critics—a conversation cropped up about…
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Double Feature Showdown – Rock Hudson Vs. Cary Grant
In the 1960s, Doris Day made several movies that are often referred to as “sex comedies.” Relatively tame compared to what we see now, they were still very forthright in their discussion of sex and the single girl. There comes a point in each movie…
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MacGuffin Film Therapy #2
Spencer and Allen are joined by Aaron Mason (The Grapes of Rad) and Aaron Roden (The Air-Raid Podcast) to continue their film therapy. Topics include: issues with Batman, what constitutes a problem in movies, fanboy reactions, spoilers in the internet age, language on television, cable…
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An Appreciation – Late Spring
“Sooner or later, everyone who loves movies comes to Ozu.” – Roger Ebert How true, and what an amazing experience it is to discover him. Yasujiro Ozu, the master director from Japan, is one of the great storytellers, on par with all the great names…
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MacGuffin Bonus Roundtable – The Dark Knight Rises
The MacGuffin joins forces with The Backroom for a bonus roundtable discussion on The Dark Knight Rises, from director Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale & Tom Hardy. This episode can be played online via the flash player below or it can be downloaded from here. It…
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