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Twenty Years of Taking the Bus to GHOST WORLD

Every generation misguidedly believes they are the first to ever encounter the awkward, often painful coming of age experience. Gen Z can’t get ...
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I Hate When a Man Is Right: Brian De Palma’s BLOW OUT at 40

Brian De Palma’s political thriller, BLOW OUT, turns forty, and the celebration will likely be patchwork and muted. The film is a lonely, ...
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Madonna Left It All Out There: TRUTH OR DARE at 30

Alek Keshishian’s MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE is the greatest music film of our time. Until 2002, it was the highest grossing documentary ever ...
By Hilary Jane SmithMay 17, 20210
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JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS Tried Warning Us

In 2001, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS, the famous three-person band from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, decked out in body-glitter and leopard print, made their ...
By Hilary Jane SmithApril 12, 20211
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The New Dawn of Elaine May’s A NEW LEAF

What do we think of when we think of blueprints? Architecture? Sewer system maps in horror films? Or do you think of the ...
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MASCULIN FÉMININ: Godard v. The People

In 1966, with an already well-established pension for subverting filmic language and conventions, Jean-Luc Godard conjoined his deep-seated antagonistic attitude towards traditional filmmaking ...
By Kellen LoweMarch 22, 20211
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Andrei Tarkovsky Would Have Hated Me

What Andrei Tarkovsky wanted from his viewers was patience—a simple kind of attention not catalyzed by an agenda. Tarkovsky hated when fan mail ...
By Kellen LoweFebruary 11, 20211
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