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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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VIDEO ESSAY: Who Should Win the Oscar for Best Lead Actor

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It’s Daniel Day Lewis’s contest to lose. His performance is pitch-perfect, but does that make it the best?
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  • By Kevin B. Lee
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  • January 29, 2013 7:43 AM
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More: Joaquin Phoenix, Academy Awards, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Bradley Cooper

VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Paul Thomas Anderson's THE MASTER

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Long awaited at the Lido, after a prolonged game of cat-and-mouse between the Festival and Harvey Weinstein’s marketing machine, "The Master" has finally been shown.
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  • By Tommaso Tocci
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  • September 1, 2012 4:04 PM
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  • 2 Comments
More: Venice International Film Festival, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommaso Tocci, The Master, Venice Film Festival

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