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Miramax Quentin Tarantino Is a DJ
Twenty years ago, Pulp Fiction unapologetically sampled and remixed film history. So why did it feel so original?
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A Film's Simple Question: 'What Makes a Woman Want to Have an Abortion?'
New documentary After Tiller follows the four remaining late-term abortion providers in the U.S., but it spends more time with the women who come to see them.
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Fruitvale Station's Insight: Oscar Grant's Life Was Complex; His Death Was Tragic
The film portrays the man killed in the 2009 BART shooting as a full human being—a portrayal that, as the the Trayvon Martin trial reminds us, remains sadly needed.
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Nashville in Paris: The Quintessential American Film, as Seen Abroad
On July 4, in France, I felt just how well Robert Altman captured our national character.
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Before Midnight's Rare, Beautiful Message: Love Is Really, Really Hard
It's the best installment in Richard Linklater's romantic trilogy because it's the wisest.
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The Quietly Radical Insight of Frances Ha: A Rom-Com Doesn't Need Romance
Noah Baumbach's film about a kind-hearted but directionless 27-year-old woman has warmth, humor, and witty dialogue—without the obligatory kiss at the end.
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'I Pray at the Temple of Jack Nicholson': Actors on Their Favorite Actors
Jennifer Lawrence and Natalie Portman wax poetic about Meryl; Jon Hamm has a photo of Harrison Ford on his fridge.
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'The Big Lebowski Feels Thrown Together': Cult Films Critics Got Wrong
They may be classics now, but in their original theatrical runs, movies like Office Space, Harold and Maude, and Heathers got savaged by reviewers.
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The Birds' 50 Years of Influencing Filmmakers
Alfred Hitchcock's creepy classic has inspired five decades' worth of scary-movie auteurs with its technical mastery, its unexpected drama, and its terrific subtlety.
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Can Movies Be 'Solved?'
The new documentary Room 237 spotlights some strange fan theories about The Shining—but are they stranger than any given "eureka" theory about a film's meaning?
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'Tom Was Lestat For Me': Authors Who Loved the Film Versions of Their Books
Authors are notorious for hating the movie adaptations of their work, but Philip K. Dick, Dennis Lehane, Anne Rice and others found themselves pleasantly surprised.
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Directors Abandoning Their Own Films: More Common Than You Might Think
Lynne Ramsay, who walked out on 'Jane Got a Gun' without explanation this week, isn't the first acclaimed filmmaker to suddenly quit a project.
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Rants, Snow White, Over-Affectionate Siblings: The Worst Oscar Moments
Even if Seth McFarlane bombs, he's still got these 10 traumatic moments to compete with for worst Academy Awards performance.
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'Tiger Lily' Resurfaces: Oscar-Winning Directors' Embarrassing Early Films
Ben Affleck isn't the only lauded filmmaker with a secret history of very bad movies.
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Hey, Oscars: Some Foreign Countries Make More Than 1 Great Film a Year
The category's dysfunctional rules have resulted in a nominee field that ignores some of the best foreign films of the year.
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'And the Best Stunts Oscar Goes to ...': Academy Awards That Should Exist
Some achievements in film have simply gone too long without formal recognition.
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Porn, Liberals, and Unironic Love: The Trends of Sundance 2013
A look at the popular themes addressed by this year's crop of festival entries
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Movies About Porn Shouldn't Be This Boring: 'Lovelace' Edition
The 'Deep Throat' star's biopic, which just premiered at Sundance, squanders its potential.
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Why the Best Picture Oscar Could Go to 'Silver Linings Playbook' Over 'Lincoln'
A low-budget comedy defeating a much-hyped historical drama by Steven Spielberg? It's happened before.
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'The Perfect Idiot's Profession': When Famous Actors Ridicule Their Craft
Jennifer Lawrence called acting "stupid" this week, but she's far from the first to roll her eyes at her chosen line of work.
