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Poll: What is your favorite film to receive a standing ovation at Cannes?

The attendees of the Cannes Film Festival are notorious for letting the world know when they enjoy something, and even more notorious for communicating their hatred for something else. It's not uncommon...

Op-ed: Zita Short’s Top Ten Musicals

The musical genre tends to be divisive. Some people are musical theatre nerds. Others want to run for the hills when they hear the sound of Jeannette MacDonald’s voice. I fall somewhere...

Op-ed: Real Athletes Playing Themselves in Movies

So, we saw Space Jam: A New Legacy. Okay, we can now all laugh at how ridiculous it was. It's supposed to be because it's for kids, not the adults who remembered...

Movie Review: ‘Stillwater’ Veers Away from Action Premise to Provide Humanity

Director: Tom McCarthy Writers: Tom McCarthy, Marcus Hinchey, Thomas Bidegain Stars: Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin Plot: A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for...

Poll: What is the best film about pursuing music?

Music soothes the soul; it inspires, brings people together, and heals a broken heart. It also, for those who pursue it wrongly, breaks you, leaves you beaten and alone, with no one...

Op-ed: We Blew It: The Fast Rise and Even Faster Fall Of BBS

I recently read a book that is both entertaining and eye-opening called "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" by Peter Biskind. Published in 1998, this best-seller details the era of New Hollywood from 1967's...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘The Ox-Bow Incident’

Much (probably too much) has been made of the runtimes of movies. And god knows, if you want lengthy movies, The Criterion Channel is a great place to find them, in any...

Op-ed: Revisiting Sean Connery as James Bond

The late Sir Sean Connery first brought Ian Fleming's MI6 Agent 007 James Bond to the big screen in 1962. Despite an uneven and interrupted tenure, Connery's smooth portrayal sets the bar...

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