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New This Week
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 Despicable Me
No Shame to His Game
Maurice Broaddus
Beauty is so often determined from the outside that we're left in need
of validation. We find ourselves consciously or unconsciously asking
"Am I worth another glance?" We can become trapped in negative stories
we've come to believe about ourselves.
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Featured Interview: Lisa Cholodenko
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 The Kids Are All Right
Raising Kids in the New Modern Family
Jeremy Zondlo
Unconventional relationships and complicated families are no strangers
to dynamic filmmaking. The newest film from writer and director Lisa
Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right, uses the familiar themes
of relationships, marriage, and kids to create a comedic and also
dramatic story that puts an interesting twist on the modern family.
I had the opportunity to meet up with Cholodenko recently and find out
a little bit more about her background, her views on family and what it
means, and what foundations are required to make marriages, especially
ones with kids, last...
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The Hit List: Betty White's Cinematic Legacy
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 Betty White hosted SNL earlier this year at the age of 88 after a
grassroots Facebook campaign attracted 500,000 fans. Ratings were SNL's
highest since 2008. She even has a pinup calendar coming out for 2011! Here's a look at the dozen films the newly-ubiquitous White has appeared in over the years... |
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Go On and Get Out There!
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We invite
you to join our own Fritz Nosferatu in a journey to survey many of the great films of the
silent era. Over the coming weeks we will discuss The Phantom of the Opera, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Cat and the Canary, Metropolis, The Show, The Birth of a Nation, Broken Blossoms, and, perhaps, a few others.
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 The Phantom of the Opera:
The Principle of Redemption
Last Sunday, while watching the Chaney motion picture The Unknown (1927) with noted film historian JB Kaufman, I was once again impressed with Chaney's determination. In The Unknown, Chaney portrays an armless circus performer in love with a character played by an aspiring young actress named Joan Crawford. Chaney is perhaps most noted for his commitment to authentic portrayal. His depiction includes using his feet to hold his cigarette, scratch his face, and drink from a wine glass. His physical dexterity is amazing.
For his role in The Phantom of the Opera, Chaney darkened his eye sockets black and wrenched the tip of his nose up-securing it in place with wire.He completed his metamorphosis into a living skull by using a set of mismatched false teeth.In an interview, Chaney referred to his forte as "extraordinary characterization."This strength is clear in The Phantom...
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New on DVD & Blu-ray
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 Creation
The Burden of Genius
Jacob Sahms
Now on DVD. The movie does a good job of raising moral and
emotional tension, of presenting ideas without getting bogged down with
them. Darwin wrestles with the big questions, as life, work, and faith
collide. Will you wrestle, too?
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