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Print to Projector: Special Topics in Calamity Physics
As the only literate Reject, it’s my duty to find the latest, the greatest and the untouched classics that would make great source material for film adaptations. I read so you don’t have to. This...
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Culture Warrior: The Grown-Up Children of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach
My favorite college screenwriting professor once explained to me the difference between an audience’s sympathy and empathy for a film’s characters. Empathy is a much more complex goal, but it’s the...
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Criterion Files #157: Ten Years After ‘Tenenbaums’
Part of me is in complete disbelief that the release date of Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums will have been a decade ago next month. It doesn’t feel so long ago that I was sixteen years old, seeing...
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The Holiday Gift Guide: 70 DVDs, Blu-rays and Other Things for the Home...
Merry Christmas movie/TV/goat-cheese lovers! As part of our week-long gift guide extravaganza thingamajig we’ve put together a list of Blu-rays, DVD and a few other ideas for you to use when shopping...
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10 Incredibly Cool Movie Easter Eggs To Hunt For
If you’re “too old” to skulk around all hunch-backed in your own yard looking for the painted eggs your little cousin hid for you, why are you holding that remote with the Pause Button at the ready?...
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Wes Anderson
Oh, Wes Anderson. Some have already gotten to see his latest film, Moonrise Kingdom, and even more will see it as it opens wider this weekend. Without seeing his name on the title cards, it’s easy to...
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Wes Anderson’s Career According to The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection’s motto makes explicit its devotion to “important classic and contemporary films,” but it’s also clear that the Collection has dedicated itself to the careers of a select...
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The Ingredients: ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ is Like a McDLT Without the Novelty Fun
The Ingredients is a column devoted to breaking down the components of a new film release with some focus on influential movies that came before. As always, these posts look at the entire plots of...
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An Open Letter About High School Bullies and Self-Medicating With Movies
Last weekend I was up late and noticed a 16-year-old follower of my Facebook page (and aspiring filmmaker) had a shitty night. He lived a nightmare we all had inside of us during high school. He was a...
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Ranking the Best of Wes Anderson’s Theatrical Movie Posters
If there is one thing that filmmaker Wes Anderson excels at (and, yes, he excels at more than just one thing – but this is a poster appreciation piece, not a Wes Anderson appreciation piece, though...
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30 Things We Learned From Wes Anderson’s ‘Rushmore’ Commentary
With only a singular exception (The Darjeeling Limited), all of Wes Anderson‘s films have been works of art that are equal parts entertainment and emotion. Everyone will have their own favorite, but...
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Remakes Are the Answer to the Oscar Ceremony’s Biggest Problem
There’s no need to fix the Oscars, at least as far as the Academy and ABC are concerned. The ratings for Sunday’s telecast were huge. But those of us who wish for a better show can still try to come...
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SXSW 2014: The (Pretty Obvious) Keys to Wes Anderson’s Filmmaking
Fox Searchlight Wes Anderson‘s The Grand Budapest Hotel is his most ambitious film to date. Filled with locations, costumes, and set pieces, there is quite a bit going on in almost every frame...
View ArticleMe and Earl and the Dying Girl Trailer: A Touching Story With a Familiar Touch
There’s another trailer for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, in case the first one didn’t grab you. This one has a bit more familiarity if you like teen movies. It starts out with Thomas Mann‘s lead...
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