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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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RECAP: THE WALKING DEAD, Season 2, Episode 3: Save The Last One

When AMC’s zombie show dramatizes its pulpy predicaments, it’s riveting; when the characters talk, it’s awful. AMC

Editor’s Note: The following recap of The Walking Dead season 2, episode 3 contains spoilers; read at your own risk.

The best and worst qualities of The Walking Dead were on display in tonight’s episode; the extremes were so pronounced that my notes suggest the exuberant jottings of a split personality. “Gorgeous.” “Oh, for chrissakes, quit while you’re ahead — you already showed that, why re-hash it?” “Some of the best atmosphere on TV.” “Oh, shut up.” “Jon Bernthal is KILLING in this episode; he has Richard Gere’s oily, furtive, ‘What am I NOT guilty of’ body language.” “I wish Rick and Lori would get eaten so I didn’t have to hear their ‘discussions’ anymore.” “Brilliant ending — best of series so far.”

My sister, my daughter, my sister, my daughter, slap, slap, slap.

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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • October 31, 2011 11:35 AM
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Pauline Kael: A conversation

As two new Kael books arrive, two Salon critics debate the legacy of the influential New Yorker movie writer.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • October 28, 2011 4:46 AM
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VIDEO ESSAY: PARENTS, directed by Bob Balaban

Parents - Nightmares of Childhood from John Keefer on Vimeo.
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  • By John Keefer
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  • October 27, 2011 3:06 AM
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AARON ARADILLAS: FOOTLOOSE, a tale of two soundtracks

By Aaron AradillasPress Play Contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • October 26, 2011 2:43 AM
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DEEP FOCUS: Michael Tolkin's THE RAPTURE (1991)

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We each have our own image of God, whether it was formed from reading the Bible or just having the notion that he is a nonexistent, mythical figure. Michael Tolkin's 1991 film The Rapture challenges all those perceptions and forces us to consider who God really is. It's the story of a truly spiritual -- and, more importantly, intellectual -- awakening.
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  • By Steven Santos
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  • October 25, 2011 2:00 AM
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MATT ZOLLER SEITZ: Michael Tolkin's THE RAPTURE is a bloody pearl

By Matt Zoller SeitzPress Play contributor
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • October 25, 2011 1:59 AM
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VIDEO ESSAY: All Things Shining: The Films of Terrence Malick, Chapter 5: THE TREE OF LIFE

By Serena Bramble and Matt Zoller Seitz Press Play contributors
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • October 24, 2011 5:56 AM
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VIDEO ESSAY: ON THE GO, PART 3: TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.

By Aaron Aradillas, Richard Seitz and Matt Zoller Seitz
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • October 21, 2011 9:00 AM
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VIDEO ESSAY: ON THE GO, PART 2: 1971-1984, THE SPEED YEARS

On The Go Part 2 from Matt Zoller Seitz on Vimeo.
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  • By Aaron Aradillas and Richard Seitz
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  • October 20, 2011 10:00 AM
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SLIDE SHOW: Film criticism 101: The essential library

As two new Pauline Kael books hit shelves, we search ours for other indispensable movie guides.
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  • By Matthew Seitz
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  • October 20, 2011 2:20 AM
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