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Best of the Week: Malick Goes VOD, Dystopia Rules, Reviews, Interviews and More

Mar 29, 2013 7:32 pm

The best stories of the week from TOH!

Features:

Immersed in Movies: Stepping Up the VFX on “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”

“My Life with Cleopatra” Memoir Reissued for Notorious Elizabeth Taylor Film’s 50th Anniversary

Dystopia Rules! Rudin and Paramount’s Unpublished “Annihilation” Joins Rash of Movies About Our Grim Future

Obituaries:

Fay Kanin, An Appreciation

Interviews:

“Gimme the Loot” Director Adam Leon Talks His Indie Bronx Adventure, Meryl Streep and “Barry Lyndon”

Jane Campion Talks Moodily Misogynistic “Top of the Lake”

Reviews:

“Game of Thrones” Season Three Episode One Review and Recap

Ranking the Top Ten Studio Ghibli Films, Not All by Miyazaki

“From Up on Poppy Hill” Review: 60s Coming of Age Romance from Two Miyazakis

“Room 237” Review: Why I Hated, and then Admired Rodney Ascher’s “Shining” Doc

Television:

“Top of the Lake” Recap 2: Bringing Out the Dead and Missing

Magnolia Sets Malick’s “To the Wonder” For Both Theaters and VOD on April 12

Wes Anderson’s Sprawling Sprawling Period Pic “Grand Budapest Hotel” Goes to Fox Searchlight (PRADA VIDEO)

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