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The Room 2 and other sequels we’d like to see
By Josh Modell, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Oliver Sava, Marah Eakin, Brandon Nowalk, Emily St. James, Mike Vago, Tasha Robinson, John Teti October 18, 2013 | 5:00am
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Today’s best action directors aren’t working in Hollywood, but in direct-to-video
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 18, 2013 | 5:00am
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A great biopic dices its subject’s life into 32 self-contained pieces
By Mike D'Angelo October 17, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Harvey Pekar’s ordinary life is pretty complex stuff in American Splendor
By Kyle Ryan October 16, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with Carrie
By Amelie Gillette October 16, 2013 | 4:00pm
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A big dinner and big dreams collide in Big Night
By Charlie Hopper October 16, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Before Tommy Wiseau and The Room, there was Ed Wood
By Josh Modell October 15, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Henry Fonda makes as good a Lincoln as Daniel Day-Lewis
By Nick Schager October 14, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Marvel at what Roman Polanski can do with four walls and a strong play
By Sam Adams October 10, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Sam Elliott on George Clooney’s eyes, Jeff Bridges’ dudeness, and working with Ron Swanson
By Will Harris October 10, 2013 | 3:45pm
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Tarantino? The Coens? Wong Kar-Wai? Each fell to a Romanian upstart at Cannes ’07
By A.A. Dowd October 10, 2013 | 5:00am
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In the best performance of his career, Kevin Costner plays a menacing father figure
By Nick Schager October 9, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Steven Spielberg’s first theatrical feature was a 110-minute car chase
By Kyle Ryan October 8, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Danny Boyle stretches the freak-out portion of the evening to feature-length
By Jesse Hassenger October 7, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Mistakes happen. So why don’t more movies leave them in?
By Mike D'Angelo October 7, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: October 4-October 6
By AV Club Staff October 7, 2013 | 5:00am
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Kindred on the silver screen: 29 big-screen family reunions
By Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Sonia Saraiya, Claire Zulkey, Mike Vago October 7, 2013 | 5:00am
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There are gambling addicts and then there’s this guy
By Mike D'Angelo October 4, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Indie filmmaker Matthew Porterfield talks about his new divorce drama I Used To Be Darker
By A.A. Dowd October 4, 2013 | 5:00am
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The very best fictional concerts
By Cory Casciato, John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Annie Zaleski, Becca James, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Claire Zulkey, Tasha Robinson October 4, 2013 | 5:00am
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Chow Yun-Fat acts like a 5-year-old. It’s awesome.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 3, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Harry Dean Stanton on nearly 60 years of acting and the scene that never should have been cut
By Will Harris October 3, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Gravity
By A.A. Dowd October 2, 2013 | 7:47pm
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David Mamet totally nails card-shark talk
By Sam Adams October 2, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Poker, hookers, and Elliott Gould with a nose bandage
By Nick Schager October 1, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Steven Soderbergh’s The Underneath plays like a dry run to later triumphs
By Jesse Hassenger September 30, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Sly Stallone’s Paradise Alley is like nothing else he ever made
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 27, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Tom Hiddleston on why he loves Much Ado About Nothing
By Emily St. James September 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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Eye Of God is a devastating directorial debut for Tim Blake Nelson
By Scott MacDonald September 26, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Craig T. Nelson on comedy, chemistry, and more
By Will Harris September 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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Violent Cop is an aptly titled debut
By Nick Schager September 25, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with Showgirls 2
By Amelie Gillette September 25, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Marvin Gaye, of Se7en fame? 19 strange default IMDB screen credits
By Kyle Ryan September 25, 2013 | 5:00am
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Edward Norton casts himself as a lovelorn priest in Keeping The Faith
By Jesse Hassenger September 24, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Sam Rockwell on dialects, working with Woody Allen, and stealing from the best
By A.A. Dowd September 24, 2013 | 5:00am
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Why didn’t Tom Noonan’s directing career take off after What Happened Was…?
By Michael Sicinski September 23, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Purists be damned, Grease benefits from tossing out the show’s songbook
By Mike D'Angelo September 23, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Baz Luhrmann does his ostentatious thing with Strictly Ballroom
By Nick Schager September 20, 2013 | 5:00pm
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A book of flexi-discs, the history of film, a viable-but-dead Tron property, and mumblegore
By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Kevin McFarland, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin September 20, 2013 | 3:00pm
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Do Hollywood movies come any bleaker than They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
By Scott MacDonald September 19, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Prisoners
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 19, 2013 | 5:05am
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This week we're barely putting up with Don Jon
By Amelie Gillette September 18, 2013 | 4:00pm
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All That Jazz was Bob Fosse’s portrait of the artist as total bastard
By Kyle Ryan September 18, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Fred Astaire finds romance and redemption through dance in Swing Time
By Jesse Hassenger September 17, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Rain and The Replacements: The A.V. Club recaps Riot Fest 2013
By Sean O'Neal, David Anthony, Josh Modell, Bob Marshall, Kevin McFarland September 16, 2013 | 6:11pm
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The Company comes startlingly close to documentary
By Michael Sicinski September 16, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Not even Michael Chiklis’ accent and Forest Whitaker’s growl can save Pawn
By Josh Modell September 16, 2013 | 4:00pm
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What’s crime without passion, even if it involves a son pining for his own mother?
By Scott MacDonald September 13, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Toronto 2013, Day Eight: Nicolas Cage shines in David Gordon Green's Joe
By A.A. Dowd September 13, 2013 | 2:20pm
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Peter Weller on feminism, sequels, and more
By Will Harris September 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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Fuck! The A.V. Club staff’s favorite uses of the F-word in media
By David Anthony, Becca James, Brandon Nowalk, Annie Zaleski, Joel Keller, John Semley, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Sonia Saraiya, Les Chappell, Claire Zulkey, Laura M. Browning, Kevin McFarland, Steve Heisler, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson September 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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Toronto 2013, Day Seven: A swan song by Hayao Miyazaki gets a warm reception from fans
By A.A. Dowd September 12, 2013 | 8:47pm
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Takashi Miike offers a strange brew of comedy, music, and mayhem
By Nick Schager September 12, 2013 | 6:00pm
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A family guide to the 2013 fall movie season, Part 2
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Josh Modell, Nick Schager September 12, 2013 | 5:00am
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Toronto 2013, Day Six: TIFF golden boy Jason Reitman drops a turkey with Labor Day
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 11, 2013 | 6:20pm
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Michelle Pfeiffer shows off her comedic chops in Jonathan Demme’s Married To The Mob
By Nick Schager September 11, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Never forgot: 9 entertainers who were changed by 9/11
By David Sims, Sean O'Neal, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Rowan Kaiser September 11, 2013 | 5:00am
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A family guide to the 2013 fall movie season, Part 1
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Josh Modell, Nick Schager September 11, 2013 | 5:00am
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A brutal Australian crime family, led by the mom, gets in over its head
By Josh Modell September 10, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Toronto, Day Five: The Weinsteins somehow get a crowd-pleaser out of a Tracy Letts adaptation
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 10, 2013 | 4:54pm
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Toronto 2013, Day Four: Sunday brings follies, none more disappointing than Devil's Knot
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 9, 2013 | 8:40pm
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The O’Neals, Ryan and Tatum, make for appealing swindlers in Paper Moon
By Jesse Hassenger September 9, 2013 | 6:00pm
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A.V. Fest in pictures
By Josh Modell September 9, 2013 | 4:21pm
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David Mamet’s State And Main engineers a perfect punchline
By Mike D'Angelo September 9, 2013 | 4:00pm
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14 casting decisions that sparked outrage
By Noah Cruickshank, Scott Von Doviak, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Andrea Battleground, Les Chappell, Marah Eakin, Claire Zulkey, Mike Vago September 9, 2013 | 5:00am
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Toronto 2013, Day Three: Gravity drops
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 8, 2013 | 5:06pm
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Toronto 2013, Day Two: Prisoners provides American genre thrills, while 12 Years A Slave gets the pundits bloviating
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 7, 2013 | 11:57am
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Serenity provides a stirring encore act for the desperados of Firefly
By Sam Adams September 6, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Toronto 2013, Day One: A Julian Assange biopic is no match for a Frederick Wiseman triumph
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 6, 2013 | 4:40pm
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The American Astronaut sets a bar for surrealist, cult-courting, musical B-Westerns
By Mike D'Angelo September 5, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Salinger
By Kyle Ryan September 5, 2013 | 3:49pm
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John Carpenter plays cowboys and Indians on the red planet with Ghosts Of Mars
By Nick Schager September 4, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Dave Chappelle, Hannibal Buress, and Flight Of The Conchords shine at Oddball Comedy Fest
By Matt Byrne September 3, 2013 | 5:38pm
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EDM and rainstorms mar Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival
By Leor Galil, Erin Osmon September 3, 2013 | 4:44pm
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Clint Eastwood takes a posse of old-timers into orbit in Space Cowboys
By Jesse Hassenger September 3, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Sean Connery leaves winking 007isms behind in Outland
By Noah Cruickshank September 2, 2013 | 3:00pm
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Kathryn Hahn on Parks & Rec, Anchorman, and returning to drama
By Kyle Ryan September 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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Nick Nolte upends a bourgeois household in Down And Out In Beverly Hills
By A.A. Dowd August 30, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Hitting “pause” on pop culture
By Carrie Raisler, Brandon Nowalk, Evan Rytlewski, Jason Heller, Joel Keller, Zack Handlen, Tasha Robinson, Phil Dyess-Nugent, David Sims, Sonia Saraiya, Claire Zulkey, Cory Casciato, Steve Heisler, Josh Modell, Pilot Viruet, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago August 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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Brian De Palma talks about his stylish new remake, Passion
By Ben Kenigsberg August 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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The Funny Games remake is identical to—and as disturbing as—the original
By Mike D'Angelo August 29, 2013 | 6:00pm
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The Magnificent Seven is about the best remake of Seven Samurai imaginable
By Nick Schager August 28, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with Getaway
By Amelie Gillette August 28, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Great acting enlivens Christopher Nolan’s big-studio debut, Insomnia
By Jesse Hassenger August 27, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Chris Rock remakes Éric Rohmer with I Think I Love My Wife
By Michael Sicinski August 26, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Sir Ben Kingsley goes to a Sri Lankan B-movie, accidental hilarity ensues
By Josh Modell August 26, 2013 | 4:00pm
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A character’s obsessive cataloging in Diner and the psychology behind it
By Mike D'Angelo August 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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16 concert films (and one concert series) by famous directors
By John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Scott Von Doviak, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Sam Adams, Mike Vago August 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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Our week of 1983 recommendations ends with Chris Marker’s glorious essay film, Sans Soleil
By A.A. Dowd August 23, 2013 | 3:00pm
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The King Of Comedy was a departure for both Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro
By Mike D'Angelo August 22, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright talk about their trilogy-capping new comedy, The World’s End
By A.A. Dowd August 22, 2013 | 5:00am
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Beyond the Jedi: 10 underappreciated movies from 1983
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Michael Sicinski, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 22, 2013 | 5:00am
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You're Next
By A.A. Dowd August 22, 2013 | 12:03am
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The World's End
By A.A. Dowd August 21, 2013 | 10:59pm
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Woody Allen plays a human shapeshifter in Zelig
By Jesse Hassenger August 21, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Before he came to Hollywood, Paul Verhoeven made the bonkers psychosexual thriller The Fourth Man
By Nick Schager August 20, 2013 | 6:00pm
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William Forsythe on punk rock, Al Capone, and the worst script ever written
By Will Harris August 20, 2013 | 5:00am
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Our look at 1983’s best films begins with the family drama À Nos Amours
By Michael Sicinski August 19, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: August 16-August 18
By AV Club Staff August 19, 2013 | 5:00am
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Reaching new depths of desperation: 11 (mostly lousy) sequels released in 1983
By John Semley, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Mike Vago August 19, 2013 | 5:00am
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Vincent Gallo plays a Muslim terrorist on the run—yes, really
By A.A. Dowd August 16, 2013 | 3:00pm
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Separating art from its creators
By John Semley, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Joel Keller, Brandon Nowalk, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Matt Wild, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago August 16, 2013 | 5:00am
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Nicholas Ray began his career with a masterpiece, They Live By Night
By Mike D'Angelo August 15, 2013 | 4:00pm
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David Gordon Green on Prince Avalanche and its Nicolas Cage companion piece
By A.A. Dowd August 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Pelle The Conqueror conquered at Cannes—and at the Oscars and Golden Globes
By A.A. Dowd August 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Before she broke through with Old Joy, Kelly Reichardt made the outlaw comedy River Of Grass
By Michael Sicinski August 14, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with the Hunger Games-inspired summer camp
By Amelie Gillette August 14, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Life on the run isn’t just for the guilty in Running On Empty
By Kyle Ryan August 13, 2013 | 4:00pm
