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Weekend Reel Reads: Birds, Bears and Beasts

  • By Steve Greene
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  • August 5, 2012 2:47 PM
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This week's roundup features a profile of actress Tippi Hedren, a look at social media marketing of recent studio films and an argument for the power of water's depiction in film.
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More: Reel Reads, Ted, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Searching for Sugar Man, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Alfred Hitchcock

Weekend Reel Reads: Collaborations, Projectionists and the Film Olympics

  • By Steve Greene
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  • July 29, 2012 3:08 PM
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This week's edition features a look at famous cinematographer-director pairings, the projectionists at the heart of the film/digital struggle and a hypothetical cinema-only version of the Olympic Games.
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More: Julie Delpy, 2 Days in New York, Christopher Nolan, Wally Pfister, Film Versus Digital

Weekend Reel Reads: Filming Italy, Dissecting Tarkovsky and Scoring HItchcock

  • By Steve Greene
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  • July 22, 2012 12:43 PM
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Reel Reads is a regular feature that gathers lengthier stories related to the world of film criticism you may have missed during the week. If there's anything you think would be ideal for future installments, please let us know at critic@indiewire.com.
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More: Reel Reads, Brave, Alfred Hitchcock, Jim Jarmusch, Woody Allen, To Rome With Love, San Diego Comic-Con

Weekend Reel Reads: Modern Nostalgia and Acceptable Objectification

  • By Steve Greene
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  • July 8, 2012 10:00 AM
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Reel Reads is a regular feature that gathers lengthier stories related to the world of film criticism you may have missed during the week. If there's anything you think would be ideal for future installments, please let us know at critic@indiewire.com.
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More: Reel Reads, Development Hell, Magic Mike, Jaws

Weekend Reel Reads: Artifacts from the Past and Glimpses of the Future

  • By Steve Greene
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  • July 1, 2012 12:13 PM
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This week's collections of film-related stories from around the web include a classic Truffaut film set visit, a look at bygone movie website trends and an explanation of why some films have terrible subtitles.
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More: Reel Reads, François Truffaut, Film Versus Digital, Subtitles, Nora Ephron

Weekend Reel Reads: The Origins of Aliens, Drivers and One Scary Shark

  • By Steve Greene
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  • June 17, 2012 9:09 PM
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  • 1 Comment
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This week's octet of stories from around the web deals almost primarily with the beginning. In some cases, it's the genesis of a franchise, but in others, it's the spark that leads to a celebrated life in film.
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More: Jaws, Nicolas Winding Refn, Prometheus, Alien, H. P. Lovecraft

Weekend Reel Reads: Wes Anderson, Westerns and Roger Corman

  • By Steve Greene
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  • June 3, 2012 6:32 PM
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Weekend Reel Reads is a regular feature that gathers lengthier stories related to the world of film criticism you may have missed during the week. If there's anything you think would be ideal for future installments, please let us know at critic@indiewire.com.
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More: Reel Reads, Moonrise Kingdom, Film Versus Digital, Piranha 3DD, Roger Corman, J. Hoberman

Weekend Reel Reads: On Sontag, Video Games and the Death of Ramon Novarro

  • By Steve Greene
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  • May 27, 2012 3:37 PM
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Weekend Reel Reads is a regular feature that gathers lengthier stories related to the world of film criticism you may have missed during the week. If there's anything you think would be ideal for future installments, please let us know at critic@indiewire.com.
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More: Iron Sky, Reel Reads, Mekong Hotel, Jason Reitman, Susan Sontag, Ramon Novarro

Weekend Reel Reads: Extending the Film/Digital Debate

  • By Steve Greene
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  • May 20, 2012 5:44 PM
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In this edition, we look at an interview with the British Board of Film Classification, an examination of film/digital among blockbusters, an introduction to Film Crit Hulk and a collection of cinema-changing ideas.
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More: Reel Reads, Film Versus Digital, The Avengers, Joss Whedon, Ratings

Weekend Reel Reads: Exploring the Design of Ads and Scores

  • By Steve Greene
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  • May 13, 2012 12:39 PM
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Weekend Reel Reads is a regular feature that gathers lengthier stories related to the world of film criticism you may have missed during the week.
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More: Reel Reads, The Avengers, Ratings, Saul Bass, The Artist, Hugo, Bully, Dark Shadows

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