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Beyond Best Picture: The Off-the-Radar Oscar Nominees to Catch Up On
Where to watch the more-fascinating, less-talked-about Academy Awards contenders… More »
Benjamin Mercer has written on film for The Village Voice, The New York Sun, The L Magazine, and Reverse Shot. He is a copy editor at Bookforum. More
Where to watch the more-fascinating, less-talked-about Academy Awards contenders… More »
Decoding the references to film history in a movie in love with film history… More »
Films like the soon-to-be-released 'The Descendants' put his movie-star charm to the ultimate, frustrating test: domestic life… More »
From Mulder and Scully to the man who caught John Dillinger, 5 flicks get the bureau right… More »
Elizabeth Olsen's turn as a recovering cult member plays like a psychological horror film—the latest genre, from sci-fi to action, that arthouse flicks have raided… More »
Invisible, infectious killers have proved to be problematic villains for filmmakers… More »
Film-festival season is here, which means prestige flicks aren't far behind… More »
It's not a critique of men being savage but rather a pastiche of other films about men being savage… More »
The new blockbuster formula: recreate the past, add aliens or superpowers… More »
Curl up with these documentary masterpieces before seeing the director's newest… More »
Meathead-management movies tap into workplace anxieties of the moment as well as eternal cubicle-drone angst… More »
Halfway through the year, these 2011 flicks are worth renting… More »
The best depictions of inked-stained wretches outside of 'Citizen Kane' and 'His Girl Friday'… More »
By messing with the number of Best Picture nominees yet again, the Academy makes the awards race less inclusive--and less interesting… More »
The Ben Affleck drama takes on the recession more directly--but less effectively--than others in the recent crop of layoff-minded movies… More »
Drive Angry, now out on DVD, is not a great movie. But it is a great Nicolas Cage movie.… More »
These two studio comedies try to answer big questions, with mixed results… More »
Anticipation for the "New World" director's latest film has been building for months. A guide to getting ready for its release… More »
As his latest documentary, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," goes into wider release this weekend, a look at the director's lesser-known films… More »
A conversation with Gabriella Bier, whose new documentary explores the relationship between an Israeli woman and her Palestinian husband… More »
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