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The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has partnered with the American Society of Cinematographers to bring a new award to…
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Argentinian actor Ricardo Darín had never played a real person before Santiago Mitre's Argentina, 1985. But to be part of…
Cooper Raiff shot much of his Sundance darling Cha Cha Real Smooth in an abandoned mall in Pittsburgh. But with…
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