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A different lens on film; no hot takes, lots of long reads. An independent, reader-supported online film journal since 2013.

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Ok look, I too hate America and was skeptical, but when I saw the # 1 answer and the # 100 answer, I knew they had polled the right people

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a list created from the responses:

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New today on the site: "For Richard Linklater, HIT MAN is a genre exercise, or really, an exercise in the idea of genre." - Nicholas Russell

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New today on the site!!!

An interview with @carriecourogen.bsky.social on writing the first fulls scale biography about the elusive & ever brilliant Elaine May, going down internet rabbit holes, her writing inspirations, and a deep love for ISHTAR.

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“The scene where Charles Grodin breaks up w/ his wife, there’s nothing like it—emotionally devastating & incredibly funny simultaneously, without easing up on either end.” -Kenneth Lonergan on Elaine May's THE HEARTBREAK KID

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New today on the site!

"Each time I return to the scene, I’m wowed anew at the sheer fullness of it; how it can pack so much feeling & information into an ostensibly sweet little dance number."

-Chloe Walker on her 'go-to' scene from ALL THAT JAZZ

(art by @ohhhaeee.bsky.social)

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Longtime BW/DR writer & editor @carriecourogen.bsky.social wrote a book! On Elaine May! That's getting fantastic reviews! Here is Carrie's first essay for us from 2019 on... Elaine May :)

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If you liked my Mike Nichols book and want to read more, Carrie Courogen's Elaine May bio, Miss May Does Not Exist, is out today. Carrie took a different approach than I did, but one that I think is suited to her elusive subject, who more than merits a book of this zeal, passion, and wit.

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New today on the site: our June 2024 issue (Breaking Point) issue begins! "CHALLENGERS is a fight for recognition & existence, but more importantly, it’s a story of love as an act of reanimation." - Mackenzie Denofio (🎨 by Tom Ralston)

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🎧 New podcast alert! 🎧 Michael Koresky—Reverse Shot co-founder/editor, and Editorial Director at Museum of the Moving Image—joins us to proselytize Steven Spielberg’s A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (2001).

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Tomorrow: the 10th anniversary of the 1st episode premiere of HALT AND CATCH FIRE. I’ll be at ATX Festival w/ Kerry Bishé, Toby Huss, Annabeth Gish, Mark Johnson, Melissa Bernstein, & pal Chris Rogers to talk about our show. Here’s my 1st son on the Cardiff set. He finishes 5th grade next week.

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New today on the site!

Our "Obsession" issue continues, with @ethanwarren.bsky.social on AMAEDUS:

"Amadeus is the story of a rivalry between Salieri, the genteel craftsman, and Mozart, the buffoonish genius. But, more precisely, the feud is between Salieri and God."

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OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Our July theme will be "To the Sea" & we're looking for thoughtful essays on movies about being drawn to the sea, swallowed up by the sea, in love with the sea, escaping by sea, living at sea, or learning how to let the sea teach you about its depths. Deadline: 6/10/24

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New today on the site: "Perhaps this is the hidden genius of something like THE IDEA OF YOU, situated neatly in the title of the film itself: nothing is ever as good as the concept of something is." - Fran Hoepfner

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Oh hey… LA people, Smithereens (a punk favorite featuring a young super hot Richard Hell, and unbeatable soundtrack by the Feelies) is playing at the Los Feliz 3 on 5/25 as part of the Don’t Knock the Rock fest, Q&A with star Susan Berman (link below)

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"Plenty of movies—most movies, in fact—are about obsession. Susan Seidelman’s SMITHEREENS poses an unsettling question that defies one of the most deeply ingrained conventions of cinema: what if having nothing to obsess over is vastly more painful than unrequited fixation?"

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New today on the site! "The jury is still out on whether art can truly teach us how to live. What François Ozon’s IN THE HOUSE suggests, in any case, is that art might help us confront facets of ourselves that we are otherwise encouraged to keep hidden." - Manuela Lazic

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New work for the latest issue of @bwdr.bsky.social I loved working on this piece for Nicholas Russell’s wonderful essay of David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It’s a great read, please go and check it out.
Many thanks to Travis for having me on board!

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New today on the site! Writer/director Jane Schoenbrun on I SAW THE TV GLOW's nostalgia nuggets, the humor in heartbreak, and traversing Hollywood-level trans filmmaking.

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New on the site: “The materials of Michael Mann’s FERRARI are metal and fire and force, willpower and obsession.”

- @micahrickard.bsky.social

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New today on the site, our May issue (Obsession) begins!

"David Fincher's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO represents an unexpected, pulpy, intimate fusing of art and artist at grand scale."

- Nicholas Russell

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New today on the site, our 1999 issue concludes:

"Nobody Told You To Suffer" - @chadperman.bsky.social on
Martin Scorsese's BRINGING OUT THE DEAD

(art by Tom Ralston)

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Michael Tae Sweeney's avatar Michael Tae Sweeney @mtsw.bsky.social
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this is the correct FIGHT CLUB (1999) take and I'll probably just start linking this instead of trying to explain it to people.

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this almost completely captures my fight club mind. i feel like someone saw nearly the same movie i did all those years ago (and repeatedly since):

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Starman really hit my sad/romantic sci-fi sweet spot, but Michelle Yeoh kicking butt in Royal Warriors is a close runner-up

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We just published a piece on STARMAN a couple months ago!

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What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the last week?

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we’re still here letitia! come back any time :)

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"I speak with a reasonable amount of expertise about the breadth of these theories. Before I was a high schooler dressing as Agent Smith for the simultaneous world premiere of The Matrix Revolutions, I was a middle schooler sifting through Matrix-related theories on message boards."

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New today on the site, our 1999 issue continues:

With Your Feet in the Air and Your Head on the Ground:
I am Travis’ Essay on Love, Sex, Masculinity, and FIGHT CLUB

- @aheartofgould.bsky.social

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