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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: Beautiful Nightmares: David Lynch's Collective Dream

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David Lynch could be a wonderful stage director. Crazy to say, perhaps, but perhaps not.
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  • By Nelson Carvajal and Max Winter
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  • February 12, 2013 8:22 AM
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REMEMBERING ANDREW SARRIS, 1928-2012

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This is a remembrance of film critic Andrew Sarris (1928-2012).
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  • By Press Play Contributors and Staff
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  • June 21, 2012 9:37 AM
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More: Andrew Sarris, Aaron Aradillas, Miriam Bale, Godfrey Cheshire, James Grissom, Margaret Hames, Craig D. Lindsey, Max Winter, Matt Zoller Seitz

Sure, You Can Film a Poem: Charles Bukowski's "The Man with the Beautiful Eyes"

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If you're reading this, chances are you don't read poetry too regularly (just a guess).
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  • By Max Winter
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  • May 9, 2012 1:10 PM
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