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TELLING STORIES WITH BREAD CRUMBS: THE WORLD BUILDING OF MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

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By Mikhail Karadimov Nothing loses me quicker than a movie that opens with an overly-choreographed… View Post

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James Hancock Slaps Himself Silly Over Woody Allen’s ‘Manhattan’ (1979)

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By James Hancock New York is a city with an incredible number of iconic film… View Post

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‘Crimson Peak’ Trailer & the Genre Where Guillermo Del Toro Belongs

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By James Hancock Starting with ‘Cronos’ in 1993, Guillermo Del Toro has had an interesting… View Post

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WHY WOODY ALLEN ISN’T DEAD YET

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By Mikhail Karadimov I’m not a fan of directors who coast on their laurels. There’s… View Post

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‘A Film is like a Battleground’ – Samuel Fuller

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By James Hancock ‘A film is like a battleground – love…hate…action…violence…death…in one word – emotion!’ … View Post

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Anyone Who Says You Hit Like a Girl, Better Mean It as a Compliment

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By James Hancock My apologies to UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey for stealing her… View Post

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A TOAST TO CINEMA: HOW MOVIES HAVE KEPT ME SOBER

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By Mikhail Karadimov When I went to AA for the first time two years ago… View Post

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RECLAIMING THE BASTARD GODFATHER (I’M LOOKING AT YOU, PART III)!

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By Mikhail Karadimov I’ve been spending a lot of time at the Museum of the… View Post

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SCATTERED IMMIGRANTS: THE SACRED POWER OF LA FAMILIA IN “FAST & FURIOUS”

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By Mikhail Karadimov It’s tough being a film snob and loving a movie like Fast… View Post

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ONE SHOT, ONE STORY: ECONOMY IN BENNETT MILLER’S FOXCATCHER

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By Mikhail Karadimov Good rule of thumb: treat your shots like three-act stories. I first… View Post

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