Why female-led movies outperform their male counterparts at the box office
Championed by a number of influential women working in Hollywood, including producers and agents, a newly-published study has revealed that the female-led movies ...
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Review: Roma
Thinking about the opening shot of Roma brings tears to my eyes. The centerpiece film at the 2018 New York Film Festival is ...
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The 300 Week 3: Mary and the Ghibli Gravy
Welcome back to The 300, a weekly feature recounting my attempt to see 300 movies in theaters in the year 2018. Each week ...
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The 300 Week 2: Double Digits on the Dime
Welcome back to The 300, a weekly feature chronicling my quixotic attempt to see 300 movies in theaters in 2018. Each week I’ll be ...
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The 300 Week 1: Let’s Get This Party Started
Welcome to the first installment of The 300, a weekly feature chronicling my attempt to watch 300 movies in theaters in 2018. Why ...
How The Last Jedi challenges our notions of what Star Wars can be
Another year, another Star Wars film to over analyze and get all nitpicky about. While I found The Last Jedi to be a ...
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Review: The Grandmaster
While Donnie Yen kicked off the Ip Man craze back in 2008, you could argue that Wong Kar Wai was partially responsible. Wong ...
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Review: The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing is not just a documentary. It’s also an act of confession, a mediation on the power of ...
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Interview: Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing)
The Act of Killing was the most audacious documentary I saw at SXSW, as well as the most upsetting and politically charged. We’ll ...
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Review: Miami Connection
Intentionally making a cult classic is difficult. Most cult classics need to be created without irony and then discovered in the wild, usually ...
The Ecstasy of Endurance: Bela Tarr’s Satantango
Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó is a notorious endurance test for even the most seasoned cinephile. Scott Tobias at The AV Club called it “the ...