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TUNER Is a Nearly Pitch-Perfect Thriller Throwback
JAMARCUS ROSE & DA 5 BULLET HOLES: A Quiet Devastation
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Exploring This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Animated
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HUMAN SHIELD: Where Compassion Shows Up
HUMAN SHIELD Director Erin Persley on Curiosity, Compassion, and Documenting Clinic Escorting
Overlook Film Festival Review: Obsessed with OBSESSION
SXSW Film Festival: THE SNAKE is a Comedy That Manufactures its Jokes
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Exploring This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Animated
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Meet the Good Monsters of Good Fiend
GIVEAWAY: Enter For a Chance to Win a DVD Copy of KIDNAPPING INC.
Giveway: Enter For a Chance to Win ALLSWELL IN NEW YORK DVD!
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A PARAMOUNT SCARES VOL. 2 Collection!
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HUMAN SHIELD Director Erin Persley on Curiosity, Compassion, and Documenting Clinic Escorting
“We Are All Here for the First Time”: Hannah Ammon Is Turning Personal Memory into Film
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RETROSPECTIVE: KOREAN CINEMA’S GOLDEN DECADE: THE 1960s
The Beginner’s Guide: Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Screenwriters
Actor Profile: Kirsten Dunst
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Actor Profile: Jim Carrey
Actor Profile: Tim Curry
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The Beginner’s Guide: Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Screenwriters
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The Beginner’s Guide: John Singleton
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The Joker’s Smile, Part 3: The Final Joke (For Now…)
The Joker’s Smile, Part 1: The 20th Century’s Most Adaptable Character
Louis Le Prince: The Unsolved Disappearance Of The Father Of Cinema
A Beginner’s Guide to National Cinema Theory
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Anarchic Cinema: Jean Vigo’s ZERO FOR CONDUCT
Anarchic Cinema: V-Cinema & Takashi Miike
The History of Hong Kong Action Cinema Pt. 7 – 2000-Present: Life After the Handover
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