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Best of the Week: ‘Pacific Rim’ Needs You, Outfest Begins, Antonioni Restored, News and More

Jul 14, 2013 11:53 pm

The top stories of the week from TOH!

Reviews:

“Pacific Rim” Review: Del Toro’s Monster-Scale Epic Needs You!

Don’t Miss the New 35mm Restoration of Antonioni’s “L’Avventura,” Starting July 12 in New York and LA

Review: In Vinterberg’s Riveting “The Hunt,” Mikkelsen Plays a Man Wrongly Accused of Society’s Worst Crime

Features:

Rinko Kikuchi: Actress on Fire in “Pacific Rim”

Outfest:

Review: Young Lovers Go Asunder in Mark Thiedeman’s Lyrical Debut “Last Summer”

Review: David Sedaris Adaptation “C.O.G.” a Charming Coming-of-Age Picaresque

Outfest Weekend Preview: What Films to See and Why We Need the Festival

Television:

“The Newsroom” 2.1: “First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Lawyers”

Studios Sticking with Hulu

Read This: Harvey Weinstein Calls Errol Morris “Boring” in 1988 Letter About “Thin Blue Line” Interview

In the Works: Ava DuVernay to Direct Martin Luther King Biopic “Selma”

Box Office:

Will “Pacific Rim” Open Better Than Predicted? Advance Ticket Sales Up on Del Toro Tentpole

Interviews:

Filmmaker Noujaim Talks Sundance Winner Egyptian Revolution Doc “The Square,” Updates Ending in Cairo (TRAILER)

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How the melding of Josephine Decker and Ashley Connor’s bold visions and experimental backgrounds resulted in one of the year’s most visually astounding films.

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