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85th Academy Awards: Expectations and Hopes for the 2013 Oscars
My mom texted me this morning and said: “Amour Oscar nominated this am as one of...
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Top 10: Movies I Couldn’t Be Bothered to Finish in 2012
The best thing about streaming movies is that there’s no sunk costs. I don’t have to...
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The Highs & Lows of Paul Rudd
If there’s one thing the entire human race can agree upon, it’s the inherent likability of...
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It’s Alive!: The Best in Performance Capture
Performance capture: It’s the wave of the future. This fascinating computer technology allows ordinary human actors...
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I Love Torture, Michelle Williams, and Alex Karpovsky, Not in That Order
That Buzz You Hear The chatter in my insular little film-nerd world this week was all...
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Scoot McNairy Gets Into Character: An Interview With the Killing Them Softly Actor
Scoot McNairy has been hard at work on some of the most highly-anticipated film projects of...
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Bill Murray dresses up like John Wayne, and Richard Ayoade does Dostoyevsky
But They’re Cheerleaders! I don’t know how you feel about Lucky McKee, but he certainly has...
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Odd Couples: Cinema’s Quirkiest Pairings
In the new movie The Sessions, John Hawkes stars as a poet, paralyzed from the neck...
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Oddfellas: Cinema’s Quirkiest Heist Teams
What’s the key to pulling off a successful heist? Having a competent and quick-witted team, for...
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Acting or Directing. Why Not Both?
For some actors the role of a lifetime is . . . becoming a real-life director....
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More Scream For Your Buck: Five Great Horror Anthologies
Remember when you were a kid sitting around the campfire with your friends, swapping scary stories?...
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Which Movie Teachers Make the Grade?
School’s officially back in session, and with it can be heard the collective groan of kids...
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From Comic to Conman: Dax Shepard Is in the Driver’s Seat for Hit & Run
When asked to recall the moment he realized he wanted to be an actor, Dax Shepard...
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Flash Forward: Vince Nappo
In the summer of 2006, I was invited to attend a production of All’s Well That...
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Greta Gerwig, Inside Outsider
The speed at which media travels can do funny things to a moviemaker’s career. In this...
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Bad Dads (10 Movie Dads Who Make You Celebrate Your Own)
If Father’s Day reminds us to do anything besides send a card, it’s to look back...
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Blayne Weaver Introduces His 6 Month Rule
When I talk about my film 6 Month Rule, the first thing people ask is: “What’s...
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Film History’s Top Five Funny, Foolish, Freaky Aliens
The original Men in Black, released in 1997, was a pitch-perfect combination of action, comedy and...
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Meanest Movie Moms
This weekend, offspring young and old will buy flowers, send cards and pay tribute to the...
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Finding Your Jodie Foster
Here, writer/director Taika Waititi (“The Flight of the Conchords,” Eagle vs Shark) writes about the making...
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Hooray for The Artist!
Awards season is over for another year. Last night’s Oscars saw the big award go to—surprise,...
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Funny Valentines: Cinema’s Quirkiest Couples
Some people are Valentine’s Day people and some just aren’t. Some of us can’t wait to...
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The Rising Stars of 2012
There’s quite the array of emerging actors out there in the film world, most of whom...
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The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Lead 2012 BAFTA Award Nominations
Though Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has been notably absent from much of the awards...
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