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MacGuffin Spotlight

Bird Watching – Jennie Livingston’s “Paris Is Burning”

November 21st, 2011 | POSTED BY Brandi Sperry

For a period of time in the mid-to-late 1980s, first-time documentarian Jennie Livingston took her camera into the world of New York City’s “ball” scene, a phenomenon amongst minorities in the gay community of that area and time. Many participants competed in the raucous events;…

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What We’re Watching – 11/16/2011

November 16th, 2011 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

I’ve been trying to expand my horizons a bit more with the latest couple of titles that I’ve been seeing. There’s so much great work from everywhere that it always feels like I’m catching up to everyone else. I made it a point to see…

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An Analysis – Television vs. Film

November 14th, 2011 | POSTED BY Benjamin Rendall

This has been percolating in my head for awhile. About how many people consider TV in a new golden age in the 2000s? With Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Dexter, and new shows like Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones emerging as well, the argument…

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MacGuffin Roundtable #16 – Trespass

November 12th, 2011 | POSTED BY Spencer Fornaciari

The MacGuffin crew discuss Trespass, from director Joel Schumacher and starring Nicolas Cage & Nicole Kidman. This episode can be played online via the flash player below or it can be downloaded from here. It is available on iTunes and Stitcher.

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Pulling Focus – Found Footage Films and Marketing

November 9th, 2011 | POSTED BY Sean Watson

Found footage horror films are a genuinely modern phenomenon. We can attempt to trace roots to Cannibal Holocaust in 1980, tie origins to the aesthetic and stylistic techniques in the even older cinéma vérité genre, or, if we really want to go back, we can…

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An Appreciation – L’Atalante

November 7th, 2011 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

There are good filmmakers, there are great filmmakers, and then there’s Jean Vigo. In the history of great directors that have come and gone, Jean Vigo’s name stands in a class all its own. Very few directors have made such an impression on me with…

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Horror Triple Feature – Alien/It! The Terror from Beyond Space/Planet of the Vampires

November 2nd, 2011 | POSTED BY Adelaide Blair

I watch at least 31 scary movies in October for no other reason than I can. It’s fun, and why the hell wouldn’t I? This year I kicked off a little early on September 30th by watching Alien on the big(ish) screen at the Grand…

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Poll – Favorite Horror Film of the 2000s

November 1st, 2011 | POSTED BY Spencer Fornaciari

As part of our horror celebration for the month of October, we will be running a series of polls to try to nail down the best horror films from specific periods of time. This time we are tackling the best horror film of the 2000s.…

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