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2017 Fall Film Preview: At Last, the Film Industry Awakens From Its Slumber

By Chris Barsanti / 28 August 2017

From Gary Oldman in The Darkest Hour to James Franco's meta-experiment Blade Runner: 2049 and Daniel Day-Lewis's final role, here are the movies you'll want to watch ... and a couple you might not.

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Great Movies With Terrible Sequels: Laughable Sequels in Action

By J.C. Macek III / 21 April 2015

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2014: A Most Mediocre Year

By Chris Barsanti / 31 December 2014

The odds of discovering gems like Boyhood felt thinner in 2014 than they have for quite some time.

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The Metaphysics of Isolation in Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’

By Brice Ezell / 24 February 2014

Gravity is not just a visual feast in the CGI age; it also interrogates humankind's desire to plant feet on the final frontier by confronting it with its metaphysical implications.

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The Stultifying Speeches of ‘The Monuments Men’

By Chris Barsanti / 11 February 2014

Theoretically an adventure film about saving the culture of the Western World from rampaging Nazi philistines, George Clooney's first serious misstep as a director is somehow both painfully serious and trite.

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George Clooney

Great Movies With Terrible Sequels: Laughable Sequels in Action

2014: A Most Mediocre Year

The Metaphysics of Isolation in Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’

The Stultifying Speeches of ‘The Monuments Men’

Toronto International Film Festival 2011: ‘The Ides of March’

‘The American’ Is a Thoughtful, Deceptively Spare Work Rife with Political Intrigues

Solarian Absurdity

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The Optimist Died Inside of Me: Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘Narrow Stairs’

Silent Film’s Raymond Griffith Pulled Tricksters Out of Top Hats

The 10 Most Memorable Non-Smash Hit Singles of 1984

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Everything You Know Means Nothing: Problematic Art and Crystal Castles’ Legacy

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The Optimist Died Inside of Me: Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘Narrow Stairs’

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