The Return of Robert Downey Jr. Won’t Spell Doom For Marvel
It’s not just stunt-casting. It will almost certainly reinvigorate the franchise.
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Author: Samuel Porteous
1974: The Motion Picture Industry’s Miracle Year
It’s the 50th anniversary of one of the great years in movie history
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The Doctor Will Kill You Now
One of the deadliest frauds in medical history gets an effective Netflix documentary treatment
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An Evening with ‘Arnold’ and ‘Sly’
Twin Netflix documentaries about the tortured journeys of the late 20th century’s greatest action icons
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Bill Burr, Gentrified
‘Old Dads,’ which Burr wrote and directed, sands down the rough edges
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Legends of ‘Fall’
Don’t sleep on Netflix’s near-perfect vertigo-terror B-movie, or the sequel to come
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The Story Behind ‘Pandora’s Box,’ Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite Silent Film
According to QT, it’s the 7th greatest film ever made
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What We’d Like To See in the DC Cinematic Retcon
A longtime fan’s unsolicited suggestions for the new heads of the universe
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The Long Con of ‘Better Call Saul’
The ‘Breaking Bad’ prequel played on its audience’s expectations until the very end
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The Best Movies About Nuclear War
The Cold War is back, so let’s revisit some apocalyptic classics
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The Best Movies About Making Movies
Ross Douthat claims the movies are dead. The movies think he’s wrong.
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O Batman, My Batman
How many Batmen does one culture need?
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Watch the Football Film
In preparation for the Super Bowl, here’s a selected list of gridiron cinema
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It’s the Freakiest Show
A brief history of carny films from ‘Nightmare Alley’ to ‘Nightmare Alley’
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A Multiplicity of Multiverses
How we arrived at our current inter-dimensional film and TV reality
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