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What’s to Like About ‘Spider-Man 3’?

‘Spider-Man 2’ Is Old-fashioned Hollywood Entertainment at Its Finest

Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ Signaled That Comic Book Films Had Become a Pillar of Blockbuster Cinema

Authority Issues: Questioning Authorial Control in the Films of Lars von Trier

Authority Issues: Questioning Authorial Control in the Films of Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier’s reputation rests on his ability to create and shape narratives of control, but has this approach always proven successful?

‘Melancholia’: The Stasis of Despair and the Allure of Rapture

Little Women: Brilliant Book, Flawed Film

Summer of Same: July 2009

Spidey, Oedipus, Jesus, & Platonic Love

Part 2: The Virgin Suicides to The Blair Witch Project (May – August 1999)

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

The Lisbon Bunch

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