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Service Review – Warner Archive Instant
I hate cable. I hate paying a premium for sports channels that no one in my house ever watches. HATE IT. I’d cut the cord and find alternate sources for the few things I watch, if it wasn’t for one channel that I cannot live…
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Giveaway – In A World… Autographed Poster
Our friends at Roadside Attractions have been kind enough to give a us a poster from In A World… autographed by Lake Bell to give away. To be eligible please fill out the form below.
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Concert Review – An Evening with Randy Newman
Randy Newman brought his piano and his caustic wit to the Summer ZooTunes concert series at the Woodland Park Zoo. On a beautifully balmy Wednesday night, the mostly white-haired crowd gathered to witness the great songwriter alone on stage as he played songs from his…
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An Appreciation – Metropolis
In 2008, one of the great discoveries in cinema lore took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hidden in a stack of canisters was a 16mm duplicate copy of Fritz Lang’s science fiction masterpiece, Metropolis (1927). Horribly scratched and weathered through time, it contained possibly the…
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An Appreciation – Gosford Park
The beauty of Robert Altman’s Gosford Park (2001) is how it delicately balances the numerous storylines to create a wonderful mosaic of characters. We’re not so much concerned with what happens, but with how everything unfolds. We’re familiar with the set-up—from Jean Renoir’s The Rules…
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Getting to Know The Bling Ring
One of the many exciting events that occurred during SIFF 2013 was the closing night screening of Sofia Coppola’s latest film, The Bling Ring. As part of the promotion for the movie, I had a chance to meet two of its stars, Katie Chang and…
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An Analysis – The Significance of Family in the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson
There are significant aesthetic and tonal differences throughout all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films, yet there’s a thematic continuity that is striking. From even his earliest film, Hard Eight, to his most recent, The Master, Anderson’s films tend to explore the nature of family, where…
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