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    Nev Schulman Explains Why 'Catfish: The TV Show' is a Hit

    "Catfish" was a hit at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival for its star, Nev Schulman, and the two filmmakers behind it, Nev's brother Ariel and Henry Joost. Ariel and Joost went on to make the third and fourth installment of the "Paranormal Activity" franchise.

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    Review: 'Peeples' is a Charming Farce with Black Family Ties (Opens Today)

    The thing to really appreciate about Peeples is its rich and genuine portrayal of the black family at its center. This isn't the hackneyed, artificial blackness we're used to seeing on screen. There's no Gospel proselytizing, no Kevin Hart-like shenanigans, no men in drag. But everything - from the ...

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    Watch: 2 Clips & New Pics From Cannes Entry 'Grand Central' With Tahar Rahim & Léa Seydoux

    It looks like Marion Cotillard -- featuring in both James Gray's "The Immigrant" and Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties" -- won't be the only one at Cannes this year with two movies to show off. Fellow French actress Lea Seydoux will strut her stuff in the main competition with the three hour (!) lesbian...

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    HBO Developing Guillermo Del Toro Manga Adaptation 'Monster'

    Guillermo Del Toro is such an impossibly busy guy that sometimes it seems worth taking announcements of his new projects with a grain of salt -- there's no way they can all actually come to pass, right? On the TV side, Del Toro has been working on a "The Incredible Hulk" series that seems to be in d...

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    Spike Lee: The Smartest Sports Fan Who Has Ever Lived

    Spike Lee must be the smartest sports fan who has ever lived. No fan gets more mileage out of television close-ups during sports events as Spike does during New York Knicks games. 

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    First Look At Jesse L. Martin As Marvin Gaye + Shooting Suspended For 2 Weeks

    You might recognize the above photo - the album cover for the 1971 studio album, What's Going On. At least I think that's what they are going for here.

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    Where Have All The Manly Men In Movies Gone?

    Considering all the comments that Dan Simolke’s recent piece about Anthony Mackie (HERE) has gotten so far, and that S & A is all grown up now being four years old, I thought maybe I'd go back and ask the question again from one of my earliest pieces.

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    Max Von Sydow Talks Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen & Playing Jesus At The TCM Classic Film Festival

    At this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival, we had the chance to sit in on a few conversations with the legendary Max von Sydow. As part of the festival’s tribute to the actor, TCM screened two excellent von Sydow films – the existential and cinephile must-see “The Seventh Seal” and the 1970s spy thri...

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    Review & Recap: The Scheming Continues In 'Game Of Thrones' Season 3, Episode 6 'The Climb'

    Welcome back Throne Gamers, whether you want to be or not! This week's episode, "The Climb," directed by Alik Sakharov, continues to dwell on the scheming and interpersonal machinations of those who happen to have a bit of power in Westeros, who are all desperately trying to pull one over on the per...

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    SFIFF Review: 'Inori' Is A Gentle Look At A Slowly Fading, Traditional Way Of Life

    Pedro Gonzáles-Rubio’s “Inori” (Japanese for prayer) is set in Kannogawa, Japan, a dying town. There’s no menacing factory in the background spewing smoke or a horrible natural disaster in the recent past haunting the town. In fact, the environment we’re introduced to is serenely beautiful; a misty ...

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