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EYE OPENERS: Peter Labuza's THE CINEPHILIACS, A New Podcast

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“I’d like to think while I’m watching a film, I try and approach it on its own terms. I think to myself, ‘What is the review this movie wants? And what is the review this movie is going to get?’ But really it’s about asking, what is the ideal version of this movie? What is it trying to be and to what extent does it get there?”
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  • September 10, 2012 10:51 AM
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