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Trailer Watch: Pixar's 'Brave' Will Be One of the Summer's Top Performers
Why isn't "Brave" showing at Cannes? Because it's set to open the Edinburgh Film Festival instead just after its June 22 stateside release. Pixar's 13th film and first fairy tale, "Brave," is sure to be yet another top box office performer by summer's end,
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VIDEO ESSAY - In Praise of Maya Deren
Happy 95th, Maya Deren. Scholar Livia Bloom offers thoughts on Deren’s legacy and MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON.
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VIDEO ESSAY: Super: A Brief History of Superhero Films
With the unparalleled box office success of The Avengers, superheroes are back in the spotlight. Most comic book aficionados are delighted with the recognition. But believe it or not, there are those such as myself who are dismayed at how superhero films, though more popular than ever, seem to be lo...
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VIDEO ESSAY: Depp Shadows: Tim Burton's Cinema
“Basically Johnny Depp is playing Tim Burton in all his movies.” – Scott Rudin (Producer of "Sleepy Hollow") This ubiquitous quote by Rudin is often the throwaway summation found in most writings on, and dissections of, the cinematic works of Tim Burton with Johnny Depp. Which is a shame, really....
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VIDEO ESSAY - Utopia Online?
Watching two short documentaries from Sam Green’s once-live UTOPIA IN FOUR MOVEMENTS performance online makes one viewer wonder: Is utopia a state of mind?
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Trailer Watch: Forbidden Voices - Directed by Barbara Miller
An incredibly moving story of three women bloggers fighting to keep telling the truth. As First Lady Michelle Obama says: "courage can actually be contagious."
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Watch: Trailer for Sundance Shocker 'Excision' Is NSFW And Then Some
Ah, coming of age movies. The hormones, the acne, the sexual awakening, and... the necrophilia?
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Watch An Exclusive Clip from Maïwenn's Gripping Cannes Winner 'Polisse'
This time last year, Maïwenn's "Polisse" was days away from winning the Cannes Jury prize. It would go on to travel the global festival circuit and pick up a pair of Césars along the way (it was nominated for thirteen). Sundance Selects releases the film May 18, and adult a...
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Trailer Watch: 'Gangster Squad' Stars Penn, Gosling and Brolin as Cops and Mobsters
The trailer for Ruben Fleischer's based-on-a-true-story "Gangster Squad" (which was rumored to be heading to Cannes), reveals a starry ensemble of A-listers playing cops and mobsters, led by heavily accented scene-chewers Sean Penn and Ryan Gosling.
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AUDIOVISUALCY: How to "Perform" the Video Essay
Beautiful, stimulating, impactful, all the while in sync with the work it critiques, "A.I. Artificial Intelligence – A Visual Study" inspires new or awakens old curiosity about the film. And it does so by virtue of an exceptional performance.
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