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Early Look at Oscar Contenders, Part 2
Trying to figure out the Best Picture Oscars is based on looking at many things, including: what actors are in it, what director is making the film, whether it’s the kind of film the Academy has responded to in the past, and just plain old…
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MacGuffin Roundtable #13 – Sorcerer
The MacGuffin crew discuss Sorcerer, from director William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider. This episode can be played online via the flash player below or it can be downloaded from here. It is available on iTunes, Zune, and Stitcher.
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Looking, Hearing, Spying
In the latest episode of Mark Cousins’s The Story of Film: An Odyssey, a TV show airing here in the UK at the moment, it was suggested that sight—the fulfillment that comes from seeing something—is one of the key underlying themes of the Hollywood films of the…
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Early Look at the Oscar Contenders
I love the Oscar race! Just looking at the potential films and seeing which will become major contenders sends excitement coursing through me, especially for Best Picture. I try to figure out the films that the Academy will love and, more importantly, which films will…
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An Appreciation – Sunrise
I once had a conversation with a friend in which we talked about great cinematic love stories. As the debate went further, I eventually pointed out F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), thinking that they would enjoy it. After describing it to…
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Five Overappreciated Films
I am a critic-loving filmgoer. When critics get excited about something, I am immediately attracted to the film, and even more so when audiences also really get excited. Even with this mindset, there are some critically loved movies that I just never understood what all…
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What We’re Watching – 8/31/11
What I’ve Been Watching Movies: Captain America was a lot of fun. After everyone’s initial trepidation, it turns out that Chris Evans filled Cap’s boots admirably. And casting-wise, the big highlight was Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull. He is carving himself quite a career…
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An Appreciation – There Will Be Blood
“I drink your milkshake!” – Daniel Plainview Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (2007) is a grand, epic, strange, and mysterious film. It is just as curious as it is involving. What Anderson was able to accomplish was to present its story of a…
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