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On Susan Seidelman’s Film of Aimless Desire, ‘Smithereens’

/ 11 October 2018

The experiences you have in NYC are not the best experiences to be had, the sex you have is not the best sex, the friends you make are not the best of all possible friends—but they ought to be.

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Comics Film ‘Iron Man’ Was a Risky and Bold Adventure for Marvel

Michael Curley

/ 24 July 2018

Iron Man is a colorful, light, comedic film, and as the first film in the MCU it was responsible for establishing the tone and approach of the series moving forward.

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What’s to Like About ‘Spider-Man 3’?

Michael Curley

/ 23 May 2018

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Hannibal Lecter May Be ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Icon But Clarice Starling Is the Movie

Chance Solem-Pfeifer

/ 22 May 2018

The Criterion edition of 1991's The Silence of the Lambs reminds us what the film has always stood for: Don't underestimate Clarice.

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Unrealistic Colors and Naturalistic Philosophies in Jean Renoir’s ‘The River’

Andrew Grossman

/ 9 June 2015

In The River, Renoir transcends his own attractive colors, stumbling into a “realistic” philosophy of nature that the portraiture of color so often forbids.

film essay

On Susan Seidelman’s Film of Aimless Desire, ‘Smithereens’

Comics Film ‘Iron Man’ Was a Risky and Bold Adventure for Marvel

What’s to Like About ‘Spider-Man 3’?

Hannibal Lecter May Be ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Icon But Clarice Starling Is the Movie

Unrealistic Colors and Naturalistic Philosophies in Jean Renoir’s ‘The River’

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The Jungian Shadow Looms over Indigenous Drama ‘We Were Dangerous’

Strange Bedfellows? Rap and the Political Right

‘Sugar’ Is an Intoxicating Celebration of Classic Hollywood

25 Years of Tom Waits’ ‘Mule Variations’

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