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VIDEO ESSAY: Batman: The Animated Series
5:20 | EssaysThe last episode of Batman: The Animated Series, "Judgment Day" wasn't a pay-off to a series long arc but just another adventure. I think this is part of what makes Batman, and characters like him, a ... Watch Video »
Cruel Summer: 'Robocop' (1987) The Birth of Robocop
2:54 | EssaysMade in the pre-CGI era, RoboCop is one of the last great practical effects movies. Matte paintings, stop-motion animation, and cutting-edge costumes give everything a tactile quality that’s still thr ... Watch Video »
VIDEO ESSAY: Haji!
2:14 | EssaysI personally prefer the aggressive female . . . the superwoman. -- Russ Meyer Watch Video »
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Sorkinisms - A Supercut
7:23 | EssaysEdited by Kevin Porter (follow me on Twitter @KevinTPorter) This video is a tribute to the work of Aaron Sorkin: the recycled dialogue, recurring phrases, and familiar plot lines. This is not intende ... Watch Video »
Keyframe: Matthew Porterfield and the Art of the Question [Hamilton and Putty Hill]
4:49 | EssaysAnswers don't come easy, but the questions abound in Matt Porterfield's growing Baltimore-based oeuvre. Watch Video »
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Strange Creatures: Reality and Fiction in Animal Movies
4:30 | EssaysWhen it comes to films about animals, from observational documentary to staged drama, fiction and fact merge. A video essay by Kevin B. Lee. Watch Video »
VIDEO ESSAY: On the QT #1: RESERVOIR DOGS
Press Play launches its new director series "On the Q.T.," about Quentin Tarantino, with a look at his debut "Reservoir Dogs" (1992). Watch Video »
Sight & Sound Film Poll: Nicole Brenez on THE HOUR OF THE FURNACES PART I
7:40 | EssaysArguably the greatest film ever made in Latin America, HOUR OF THE FURNACES makes a compelling case for the political film - and the politics of filmmaking - when considering the greatest films of all ... Watch Video »
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E.T. -- Clip # 1
2:51 | EssaysThe following is an iChat between Press Play founder Matt Zoller Seitz and his daughter Hannah, a film student, about Steven Spielberg's E.T., which was released 30 years ago this week. It is the mos ... Watch Video »
VIDEO ESSAY: Cocaine du Cinema
3:28 | EssaysCocaine’s presence in movies is a tricky object to dissect. Even with an awful, bloody contemporary history under its belt, cocaine seems to be the “cool” drug for modern cinematic heroes and heroines ... Watch Video »
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