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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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TRUE BLOOD RECAP 3: WHATEVER I AM, YOU MADE ME

Television
This week’s "True Blood" suffered a bit from "Game of Thrones" syndrome—too many people, parts and ideas for all of them to properly register—but boy howdy were they mostly fine, fun and full of portent of freaky things to com
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • June 24, 2012 9:55 PM
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More: TV Reviews, Television, Ian Grey, True Blood, HBO , Rutina Wesley, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Meloni, indieWIRE Video

FALLING SKIES RECAP 2: COMPASS

Television
"He is now defined by those of us who owe him our lives."
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  • By Deborah Lipp
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  • June 24, 2012 9:55 PM
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GREY MATTERS: The Haunted Suburban World of TEEN WOLF

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Anyone comparing the second season of "Teen Wolf" to "Buffy" either isn’t paying attention to the dark gem Jeff Davis’s show has become or doesn’t understand what Joss Whedon’s show used to be.
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • June 22, 2012 9:29 AM
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REMEMBERING ANDREW SARRIS, 1928-2012

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This is a remembrance of film critic Andrew Sarris (1928-2012).
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  • By Press Play Contributors and Staff
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  • June 21, 2012 9:37 AM
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  • 3 Comments
More: Andrew Sarris, Aaron Aradillas, Miriam Bale, Godfrey Cheshire, James Grissom, Margaret Hames, Craig D. Lindsey, Max Winter, Matt Zoller Seitz

SIMON SAYS: The Roberto Benigni Problem

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The imminent release of "To Rome with Love," the latest movie directed and written by Woody Allen, should have you wondering the following: what exactly do people see in Roberto Benigni, and why has his career sustained itself for as long as it has?
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  • By Simon Abrams
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  • June 21, 2012 9:24 AM
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VIDEO ESSAY: ON THE QT # 1: RESERVOIR DOGS

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Press Play launches its new director series "On the Q.T.," about Quentin Tarantino, with a look at his debut "Reservoir Dogs" (1992). Although it earned plenty of acclaim, the film also sparked two kinds of controversy.
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  • By Aaron Aradillas, Matt Zoller Seitz & Ken Cancelosi
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  • June 20, 2012 8:58 AM
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  • 5 Comments
More: Matthew Zoller Seitz, Ken Cancelosi, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, video essay

VIDEO - Sight & Sound Film Poll: Nicole Brenez on THE HOUR OF THE FURNACES PART I: NOTES AND TESTIMONY ON NEOCOLONIALISM, VIOLENCE AND LIBERATION

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Arguably the greatest film ever made in Latin America, HOUR OF THE FURNACES makes a compelling case for the political film - and the politics of filmmaking - when considering the greatest films of all time.
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  • By Nicole Brenez and Kevin B. Lee
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  • June 19, 2012 11:49 AM
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More: Sight & Sound Film Poll, Video, video essay, SIGHT AND SOUND CRITICS' PICKS

CRUEL SUMMER: PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (1985)

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The "Cruel Summer" series of articles examines influential movies from the summers of the 1980s. The previous entries in the series have covered THE BLUES BROTHERS (1980), STRIPES (1981), ROCKY III (1982), and WARGAMES (1983), and PURPLE RAIN (1984).
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  • By Aaron Aradillas
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  • June 18, 2012 9:30 AM
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  • 2 Comments
More: Aaron Aradillas, Cruel Summer, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Pee-Wee Herman, indieWIRE Video, CRUEL SUMMER (Aaron Aradillas)

LONGMIRE RECAP 2: A DAMN SHAME

Television
Through impressive technical competence, surprising for a show so early in its run, “A Damn Shame” maintains a down-to-earth tone in the story it tells, the characters’ reaction to the story, the way the story is shot, and the way the story is constructed.
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  • By Rowan Kaiser
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  • June 18, 2012 9:06 AM
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More: Rowan Kaiser, Longmire, TV Reviews, Television, indieWIRE Video, A & E Network

GIRLS RECAP 10: SHE DID

Television
Writing that tries to be for everyone ends up being for no one.
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  • By Sarah D. Bunting
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  • June 18, 2012 1:30 AM
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  • 4 Comments
More: Sarah D. Bunting, TV Reviews, Television, Girls, HBO , Lena Dunham, GIRLS Recaps (Sarah D. Bunting)

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