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FIVE STAR FILMS
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FIVE STAR FILMS #51: The Master (2012)
(Editorial note): Months ago Nick and I were in an email exchange about whether or not we wanted a FIVE STAR FILM entry for The Master. At the time I resisted, I thought that it need Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS #50: The Insider (1999)
Mann’s specific cultural and historic origins are illustrated in the formal qualities and thematic philosophy of the ‘70s and this is represented directly through his characters (Bergman particularly in this film). During the 1968-1980 period American films began to speak about different hallmarks of the deconstruction of the American image, and especially the crisis of masculinity. Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS #49: The Descendants (2011)
It's a rare bird of a film that can elevate itself so distinctly between a first and second viewing to make a reviewer back-flip on their original estimations. The Descendants is such a film. Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS #48: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
"one of the greatest sci-fi action films ever made: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" Read more →
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FIVE STAR FILMS #47: THE GODFATHER (1972) by Paul Anthony Nelson
There are great films, capital G-F Great Films, and then, there are those films admitted to the VIP table behind the velvet rope, those seriously discussed when the question of the Greatest Film of All Time is raised. KANE. CASABLANCA. VERTIGO. RULES OF THE GAME. 8 ½. Few films from the last four decades are invited to this gathering of cinematic high rollers, but the first admitted is, nigh-unanimously, Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece, THE GODFATHER. Read more →
Latest Features
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 10
As my alarm jolted me awake this morning, five thoughts went through my head in quick succession. One: Have they done studies on how little sleep can a person survive on? Two: Am I the case study?? Three: When I get back to LA, I’m so doing a juice cleanse. Four: Oh god, that sounded really LA. Five: I wonder how early the crepe place opens?
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GWP Roundtable: Which film deserves a sequel?
That’s the question for this week’s GWP Roundtable: Which film deserves a sequel?
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 9
Waking up from a nap I opened my eyes and discovered… I felt better. Hurrah! No more headache, or shakes, and I smiled as I thought Cannes, you haven’t beaten me yet!
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 8
“Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, the screening is about to begin. Please turn off your mobile telephones for the duration of the performance.” That recorded message plays first in French, then English, about
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Alicia Malone’s Cannes Diary: Day 7
“And too much of your butt? Impossible!” I said [to Matt Damon], because I’m shameless.