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DEEP FOCUS: A.I.: A VISUAL STUDY, Parts 1 & 2

[EDITOR'S NOTE: "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence," a film directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by Stanley Kubrick, was released 10 years ago this summer. We are honored to present critic-filmmaker Benjamin Sampson's two-part video essay on the film, which he edited in 2009 while studying cinema and media studies at UCLA. Sampson has written a new introduction for PressPlay. -- MZS]
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • July 8, 2011 9:00 AM
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SIMON SAYS: Read this interview with the programmers of the 2011 New York Asian Film Festival

By Simon AbramsPressPlay contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • July 8, 2011 2:00 AM
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John Carpenter's THE WARD is a horrifying movie, and not in the way that fans hoped

By Steven BoonePressPlay contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • July 7, 2011 3:21 AM
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REELING AND SPINNING: The soundtrack of IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE is a sensual culture clash

By Craig D. LindseyPressPlay contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • July 6, 2011 11:15 AM
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DVD REVIEW: Takashi Miike's disappointing 13 ASSASSINS is a remake of a response to a classic

By Simon AbramsPressPlay contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • July 6, 2011 9:59 AM
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STEVE NEAVE ON FILM: ROCKY (1976)

STEVE NEAVE ON FILM: ROCKY (1976) (HIGH QUALITY) from Matt Zoller Seitz on Vimeo.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • July 4, 2011 5:56 AM
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REVIEW: POLYTECHNIQUE, by INCENDIES director Denis Villeneuve, marries politics and melodrama

By Simon AbramsPressPlay contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • July 4, 2011 2:40 AM
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • July 1, 2011 12:19 PM
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DEEP FOCUS: Mike Figgis' STORMY MONDAY, as reviewed by Roger Ebert

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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • July 1, 2011 4:14 AM
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REELING AND SPINNING: How the INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS soundtrack weaponizes cinema

[Editor's note: This piece marks the debut of Reeling and Spinning, a weekly column by film and music critic Craig D. Lindsey about soundtracks.]
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • June 30, 2011 8:00 AM
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