Peter Weed

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Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful Life

Over the course of just three feature films, Alejandro González Iñárritu has established himself as an international director whose work…

13 years ago
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Greed Is Good… At Least in Hollywood

For such a deadly sin, greed can look pretty sexy on screen. Consider Wall Street’s Gordon Gekko, all suspendered up…

14 years ago
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Politics As Usual—At Least in Hollywood

As we enter the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race and brace for the endless “I approved this message”…

15 years ago
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Desired Effect: Visual Effects Society’s 50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films

Besides being good for starting arguments—and even the occasional dust-up—“best of” film lists are invaluable excuses for revisiting, rethinking and…

16 years ago
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Starting Strong: Using Your Movie’s Title Sequence Effectively

Released in the mid-1950s from the relatively static role of simply assigning credit, title sequences have evolved into an art…

17 years ago
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Essential Film Noir

Since French critic Nino Frank first identified it in the 1940s, film noir has evolved into a unique phenomenon. Look…

18 years ago