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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 4: WE'LL MEET AGAIN

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Alan Ball’s a believer. Now on his last season as the major domo of "True Blood," he continues to see no reason at all why Big Themes and literary stuff can’t coexist with camp, bodice ripper romance, Hammer gore camp and a Ken-Russell-esque free-for-all approach to fantastic filmmaking.
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • July 2, 2012 12:37 AM
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More: Ian Grey, True Blood, HBO , TV Reviews, Television, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Meloni, Alexander Skarsgård

TRUE BLOOD RECAP 1: TURN! TURN! TURN!

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I love "True Blood," and I pray this is the end of it.
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • June 10, 2012 9:55 PM
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More: Ian Grey, HBO , True Blood, TV Reviews, Television, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, indieWIRE Video, Alexander Skarsgård

A New Press Play Column: 10/40/70: Melancholia

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This experimental film column began its life at "The Rumpus," and we are very excited to see it continue here. The column freezes the frames of a film at the 10, 40, and 70 minute marks, using these points as the foundations for an essay.
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  • By Nicholas Rombes
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  • April 4, 2012 9:15 AM
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