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Critical Confessions

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Why I Love Tilda Swinton… Now

By
Bill Gibron
/ 1 May 2013
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’42’: Is It Too Simplistic?

By
Dorothy Burk
/ 12 April 2013
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Critical Confessions 28: Why I Love Horror

By
Bill Gibron
/ 31 October 2012
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‘Rises’ Is More Like ‘Begins’ Than ‘Knight’, and That’s a Good Thing

By
Matt Grant
/ 2 August 2012
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Critical Confessions 27: Forget Me Lots

By
Bill Gibron
/ 2 April 2012
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Critical Confessions 26: Of Texts and Tweets

By
Bill Gibron
/ 23 June 2011
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Critical Confessions 25: Pre-Teenage Kicks

By
Bill Gibron
/ 22 March 2011
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Against the Consensus: ‘Chungking Express’

By
Zachary Williams
/ 21 March 2011
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Critical Confessions: Part 24 – Awards Season Workhorse

By
Bill Gibron
/ 6 December 2010
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Critical Confessions: Part 23 – Venice Envy

By
Bill Gibron
/ 16 September 2010
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Critical Confessions: Part 22: ‘Inception’ – Nolan-Nothing vs. Nolan-It-All

By
Bill Gibron
/ 19 July 2010
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Critical Confessions: Part 21 – Why I HATE Romantic Comedy

By
Bill Gibron
/ 13 May 2010

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