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In Defense of Going to the Movies
The popcorn. The posters. The previews. The audience camaraderie. What's not to love?
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Cinema as Rorschach Test: 'The Master'
Much like the kaleidoscopic design of The Master’s theatrical poster, the way one perceives the film -- indeed, all films -- is reflective of the prism through which one views the artform itself.
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Cinema, Cinema: Manic Children & the Slow Aggrssion
Manic Children & the Slow Aggression is a ferocious record that constantly shifts and never offers a reprieve.
19 Aug 2012
The Bombay Royale: You Me Bullets Love
Sitar, tablas, dohl drums, scorching Indian vocals, funk, disco, surf and psychedelia. Just your everyday Indian film soundtrack, recreated by Aussie collective!
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Untimely Cinema: '“Our Kind of Movie” The Films of Andy Warhol'
“We didn't think of our movies as underground or commercial or art or porn; they were a little of all of those, but ultimately they were just 'our kind of movie.'” —Andy Warhol
24 Jun 2012
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Reading this is less like attending an academic conference and more like stumbling into a science-fiction message board populated by freshman philosophy major wannabes with one semester and 50 pages of Nietzsche under their belts.
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Quentin Tarantino's Cinematic Reality
Quentin Tarantino is reliving his childhood cinema experiences, reinterpreting fractured moments of memory. Going to the movies is about an escape from our world, a mirror world at once familiar yet different.
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Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
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Kate Williams
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