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 "The best video essay source on the web." (Roger Ebert) This is a web site built around original video essays and critical, personal writing about movies, TV, music, comics and whatever else interests its contributors. Co-founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for New York Magazine, and Ken Cancelosi, it is published by Seitz and Cancelosi and overseen by editor-in-chief Kevin B. Lee and managing editor Max Winter.

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MOTION CAPTURE: Evolution sparks a revolution

EDITOR'S NOTE: Press Play is proud to welcome critic and historian James Clarke to our lineup of contributors. His work has been published in The Guardian, Resurgence, Empire, and Splice. He is the author of Movie Movements, Studying Brokeback Mountain and Animated Films.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • September 1, 2011 1:00 AM
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MATT ZOLLER SEITZ: Why we should give remakes a chance

By Matt Zoller SeitzPress Play Contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • August 31, 2011 9:26 AM
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REVIEW: Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

By Steven EricksonPress Play Contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • August 31, 2011 7:00 AM
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REVIEW: The Warped Worlds of Koreyoshi Kurahara

By Simon AbramsPress Play Contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • August 31, 2011 2:59 AM
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NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT THE TURK'S #2: Bless the Bootleg Artists in Africa: One sheets from Ghana

By Ali ArikanPress Play Contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • August 30, 2011 7:00 AM
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RECAP: BREAKING BAD, Season 4, Episode 7: "Problem Dog"

EDITOR'S NOTE: This recap contains SPOILERS for Breaking Bad Season 4, Episode 7. Proceed at your own risk.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • August 30, 2011 3:01 AM
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THREE REASONS: Albert Brooks' REAL LIFE (1979)

By Robert Nishimura and Matt Zoller Seitz Press Play Contributors
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • August 29, 2011 5:00 AM
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STEVEN BOONE: Blind Fury: Notes on Chaos Cinema

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is yet another view concerning the Chaos Cinema debate. This time it's from writer-critic Steven Boone, who published this piece on his blog Big Media Vandalism. He warns the reader if you haven't watched both chapters of Matthias Stork's video essay Chaos Cinema: The Decline and Fall of Action Movies, don't bother to read what follows.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • August 28, 2011 3:28 AM
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SLIDE SHOW: Remembering the cultural legacy of 9/11

EDITOR'S NOTE: It wasn't the end of irony. But pop culture reflected the attacks in surprising and unforgettable ways.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • August 27, 2011 9:24 AM
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SIMON SAYS: What it means when Guillermo del Toro "presents"

EDITOR’S NOTE: Press Play is posting a column written for Capital by critic Simon Abrams.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • August 27, 2011 8:13 AM
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