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TRAILER MIX: GANGSTER SQUAD

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The trailer for "Gangster Squad" isn't selling nostalgia so much as retrograde, standard-issue images of masculinity.
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  • By R. Kurt Osenlund
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  • May 15, 2012 8:55 AM
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More: R. Kurt Osenlund, Gangster Squad, Trailer Mix, Ruben Fleischer, Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling

'SHOULD WIN' VIDEO ESSAY SERIES: Best Picture TREE OF LIFE

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All of the 2011 Best Picture nominees have their merits, but one towers above the rest: "The Tree of Life," writer/director Terrence Malick's film about...well what is "The Tree of Life" about, anyway? For a free-associative non-linear movie that skips back and forth through time and space, and that includes a lengthy early section recounting the creation of the universe, the movie was a surprising commercial success, dominating discussion among cinephiles throughout a summer moviegoing season that is usually overshadowed by much louder, dumber movies. And at the center of the discussion were very basic questions about writing and direction – about storytelling generally – that cut to the heart of what movies are and what they can be.
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  • By Matt Zoller Seitz & Serena Bramble
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  • February 21, 2012 12:13 PM
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More: Terrence Malick, Tree of Life, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Should Win, Academy Awards, Matt Zoller Seitz, Serena Bramble, video essay

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