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VIDEO - Motion Studies #24: The Spielberg Face

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Now with French translation. (Q: Comment dites vous" Spielberg Face" en Francais? A: "Le Visage Spielberg").

By Volker Pantenburg and Kevin B. Lee
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April 18, 2012 7:26 AM
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Sometimes a trailer's ability to sell a novel concept can make you forget its otherwise ordinary construction.

By R. Kurt Osenlund
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April 17, 2012 9:00 AM
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A personal appreciation of John Ford's classic.

By Volker Pantenburg and Kevin B. Lee
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April 17, 2012 8:03 AM
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Talking with the Cannes-winning filmmaker about how to transform life through cinema.

By Volker Pantenburg and Kevin B. Lee
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April 16, 2012 11:19 AM
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Television

“I’m through with all that fantasy stuff.”

By Deborah Lipp
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April 16, 2012 1:37 AM
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Television

Short verzh: yeah, it's niche and occasionally obnoxious. It's also super-watchable and good (in that "extractions portion of a facial" way at times, but still). Give it a chance.  

By Sarah D. Bunting
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April 15, 2012 11:00 PM
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Television

Back when "Game Of Thrones" debuted a year ago, one of the stranger criticisms was that it was made about men, for men.

By Rowan Kaiser
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April 15, 2012 9:55 PM
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Television

This supposed "alternate intro" for AMC's "The Walking Dead" is a great example of how a mash-up can become a kind of stealth criticism.

By Timmy Lunsford
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April 14, 2012 7:17 PM
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Video

Cannibalizing Sidney J Furie's 1982 Barbara Hershey horror film The Entity, the screen literally explodes with a tumult of Hershey faces, too arresting to ignore, and considerably more terrifying than the original material.

By Volker Pantenburg and Kevin B. Lee
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April 14, 2012 9:53 AM
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Video

With a camera that brings us beyond the surface and into soul, Nuri Bilge Ceylan may be one of the greatest directors of faces in movie history. A video essay/portrait gallery of three Ceylan films makes the case.

By Kevin B. Lee
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April 13, 2012 11:06 AM
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