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Underrated/Overlooked: Katherine Dieckmann on Give Me Liberty

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By Katherine Dieckmann | January 14, 2020

Underrated/Overlooked: Katherine Dieckmann on Give Me Liberty

The writer-director of Strange Weather on Kirill Mikhanovsky's comedy drama, one of her favorite movies of 2019.

Underrated/Overlooked: SJ Chiro on Atlantics

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By SJ Chiro | January 13, 2020

Underrated/Overlooked: SJ Chiro on Atlantics

The writer-director makes the case for Mati Diop's unique Cannes-winning debut feature being among the very best movies of the year.

Catharsis in Disaster: A Spiritual Defense of Cats

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By Benjamin Shearn | January 9, 2020

Catharsis in Disaster: A Spiritual Defense of Cats

Screenwriter and editor Benjamin Shearn on why we should all appreciate the rare, unifying glory that is a bad movie of this magnitude.

Best of 2019: Catherine Hardwicke Talks Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite

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By Catherine Hardwicke | January 9, 2020

Best of 2019: Catherine Hardwicke Talks Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite

As an architect and a filmmaker, Hardwicke shares her love of one of the most acclaimed movies of the past year.

Underrated/Overlooked: Mark Rappaport on The Mountain

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By Mark Rappaport | January 7, 2020

Underrated/Overlooked: Mark Rappaport on The Mountain

Mark Rappaport bangs a drum for Rick Alverson's '50s-set drama starring Jeff Goldblum as a wandering lobotomist.

Revisited: Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood is … My God, What a Movie!

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By Jim Hemphill | December 26, 2019

Revisited: Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood is … My God, What a Movie!

Tarantino's much anticipated ninth film is his best so far, and also arguably the greatest movie ever about the movies.

Best of the 2010s: Craig Wedren’s Favorite Film of the Decade is Mandy

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By Craig Wedren | December 26, 2019

Best of the 2010s: Craig Wedren’s Favorite Film of the Decade is Mandy

The former Shudder To Think singer and current film composer wants to work with Panos Cosmatos.

Revisited: Stephen Cone (Princess Cyd) Talks His Favorite Thanksgiving Movie, Home for the Holidays

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By Stephen Cone | November 27, 2019

Revisited: Stephen Cone (Princess Cyd) Talks His Favorite Thanksgiving Movie, Home for the Holidays

Writer-director Stephen Cone looks back on a movie that changed how he saw cinema, and himself.

Love in the Time of Diaspora

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By Dean Colin Marcial | November 26, 2019

Love in the Time of Diaspora

Manila Death Squad director Dean Colin Marcial looks at Isabel Sandoval’s new film, Lingua Franca, through a distinctly personal lens.

The Innovative, Inspirational Beauty of The Girl Without Hands

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By Dash Shaw | November 25, 2019

The Innovative, Inspirational Beauty of The Girl Without Hands

Animator Dash Shaw on the film he most frequently lends interns to show what can be achieved on very limited means.