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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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CANNES 2012: Walter Salles' ON THE ROAD

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Walter Salles and Jose Rivera love the characters and world of "On the Road" too much to know how to properly represent them.
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  • By Simon Abrams
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  • May 23, 2012 1:56 PM
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More: Cannes Film Festival, Simon Abrams, On The Road, Walter Salles, Jose Rivera, Jack Kerouac, Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst, Garrett Hedlund, Elizabeth Moss

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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More: Nicholas Rombes, 10/40/70, Melancholia, Lars von Trier, Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgård

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