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Watchmen
While unavoidably compromised, does this adaptation of the revered cult graphic novel do enough to satisfy the fanboys and uninitiated alike?... Read this article or read our in-depth alternate take Published on Thu Mar 26 14:22:37 2009

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Anna Sloan is torn between distaste and pleasure for a film that is simultaneously glorious and proudly shallow... Read this article or read our in-depth alternate take Published on Sun Feb 8 12:52:34 2009

Import/Export
This bleak international production mixes a documentary style with social realist drama to powerful, yet tender, effect... Read this article or read our in-depth alternate take Published on Sun Nov 2 09:57:49 2008

Man on Wire
Jake Finbow discusses this remarkable documentary about a daring and beautiful criminal act... Read this article or read our in-depth alternate take Published on Mon Sep 22 16:44:57 2008

The Dark Knight
Batman is back in Christopher Nolan's epic and gripping sequel, this time doing battle with a fearsome Joker... Read this article or read our in-depth alternate take Published on Sat Aug 2 15:09:04 2008

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Latest features

After Last Season: Interns, Intention, and the Internet
A group discussion about the strangest, funniest, and most confusing movie trailer you are ever likely to see... Read this article Published on Thu Apr 2 14:09:53 2009

Romantic Comedy: Love, Nervousness & Intertextuality
James MacDowell discusses modern romantic comedy in light of the history of romantic love it grew from, and the intertextuality so common in the genre since the 80s. Read this article Published on Sun Feb 15 15:11:32 2009

Ball of Fire and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - a Comparison
Anna Sloan compares the seminal Disney fairytale to Howard Hawks' underrated updating of it, tracing the approach of each to notions of romance and fantasy... Read this article Published on Wed Nov 19 00:54:06 2008

There Will Be Blood: An Extended Alternate Take
An essay/Alternate Take proposing reasons why we might call There Will Be Blood a 'psychopathic' film, by James MacDowell... Read this article Published on Fri Apr 4 15:28:12 2008

Love and Fate in The Clock and Before Sunrise
Through a comparison of two very different romance films, James MacDowell floats some ways of thinking about Hollywood's depictions of fated love... Read this article Published on Thu Jan 3 11:46:06 2008

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