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‘In Search of Lost Films’ Leaves One Imagining the Possibilities
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‘In Search of Lost Films’ Leaves One Imagining the Possibilities

By PopMatters Staff / 15 September 2016
Film critic Phil Hall searches out the stories behind the deletion of films that could be as important as those that were saved.
‘Firewatch’ and the Case of the Much Too Obvious MacGuffin
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‘Firewatch’ and the Case of the Much Too Obvious MacGuffin

By G. Christopher Williams / 17 February 2016
In creating a plot device to motivate its characters, a MacGuffin, Firewatch competes against itself, with a story that it is a gimmick and a story that it really wants us to care about.
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‘Reel Terror’ Is Quite the Hatchet Job

By Greg Cwik / 19 December 2012
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Movie Toilets: Women and the Politics of Defilement

By Molly Brown / 14 August 2012
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Quentin Tarantino’s Cinematic Reality

By David Charpentier / 9 August 2011
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Point Omega by Don DeLillo

By Christopher Guerin / 14 February 2010
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Hitchcock and Philosophy by David Baggett and William A. Drumin [Editors]

By PopMatters Staff / 21 August 2007

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Folk Songwriter Richard Dawson Discusses the Language of Time
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Folk Songwriter Richard Dawson Discusses the Language of Time

By Thomas Britt / 30 March 2023
Suffering in Silents: Two 1922 Melodramas from Frank Borzage
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Suffering in Silents: Two 1922 Melodramas from Frank Borzage

By Michael Barrett / 30 March 2023
New Orleans Jazz Fest Returns For Its Second Post-Pandemic Run
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New Orleans Jazz Fest Returns For Its Second Post-Pandemic Run

By Jordan Kessler / 30 March 2023
Black Flag’s ‘Damaged’ and the Hardcore Hope of “Rise Above”
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Black Flag’s ‘Damaged’ and the Hardcore Hope of “Rise Above”

By TK Hardin / 29 March 2023
The 25 Best Demi Lovato Songs
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The 25 Best Demi Lovato Songs

By Jeffrey Davies / 29 March 2023

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PopMatters Seeks Music Writers
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PopMatters Seeks Music Writers

By PopMatters Staff / 28 September 2022
PopMatters Seeks Film Critics and Essayists
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PopMatters Seeks Film Critics and Essayists

By Karen Zarker / 28 September 2022
PopMatters Seeks Television Critics and  Essayists
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PopMatters Seeks Television Critics and Essayists

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Folk Songwriter Richard Dawson Discusses the Language of Time
Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Interviews/Music/Music Features

Folk Songwriter Richard Dawson Discusses the Language of Time

By Thomas Britt / 30 March 2023
Suffering in Silents: Two 1922 Melodramas from Frank Borzage
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Suffering in Silents: Two 1922 Melodramas from Frank Borzage

By Michael Barrett / 30 March 2023
New Orleans Jazz Fest Returns For Its Second Post-Pandemic Run
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New Orleans Jazz Fest Returns For Its Second Post-Pandemic Run

By Jordan Kessler / 30 March 2023
Black Flag’s ‘Damaged’ and the Hardcore Hope of “Rise Above”
All Things Reconsidered/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Music/Music Features/Pop Past

Black Flag’s ‘Damaged’ and the Hardcore Hope of “Rise Above”

By TK Hardin / 29 March 2023
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