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80 Years Later, Frank Capra’s naively idealistic You Can’t Take It With You seems more timely than ever
Nathanael Hood September 3, 2018

If Frank Capra’s cherubically bright and sunny screwball comedy You Can’t Take it With You seems hopelessly naive today a full eighty years after its debut, consider that a year to the day after its N…

Nathanael Hood September 3, 2018
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It’s Time to Retire the Term “Chick Flick”
Yasmin Kleinbart August 28, 2018

As women, we have been conditioned to embrace, but also be ashamed of the term “chick flick.” Films that are supposedly made specifically for the female population but have a stigma attached to it, th…

Yasmin Kleinbart August 28, 2018
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Why You Shouldn’t Care That Captain America is a Nazi (But Why You SHOULD Care About the Outrage)
Nathanael Hood May 26, 2016

75 years a hero. 75 years an icon. 75 years an emblem of all that was good and just and noble about America. About the American Dream. About the American people. 75 years a traitor. This past Wednesda…

Nathanael Hood May 26, 2016
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Women in Film Wednesday: Beyond the Lights (2014)
Allyson Johnson March 11, 2015

Two weeks ago, I wrote about Gina Prince-Bythewood’s film Love & Basketball, a film which I genuinely find to be incredible. Finally, after having missed its theatrical run, I was able to re…

Allyson Johnson March 11, 2015
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Movie Pick of the Week: The Visitor (2007)
Allyson Johnson January 27, 2013

Movies Watched This Week: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), Howl (2010), Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet (2001), Pirate Radio: The Boat that Rocked (2009), The Visitor (2007), A Lat…

Allyson Johnson January 27, 2013
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The Oscar Underdogs: Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry
Allyson Johnson December 1, 2012

Being a fan and annual viewer of the Oscars has its drawbacks. Mainly being that now, months in advance to the actual glitz and glamour of the night, it’s easy to pick who the ultimate winners are goi…

Allyson Johnson December 1, 2012
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Movie Pick of The Week: First Position (2011)
Allyson Johnson November 11, 2012

Amongst all of the Oscar bait films, film festival darlings, and foreign favorites, it’s easy to miss some gems of movies, to not know exactly what film is worth seeing other than the obvious. Sometim…

Allyson Johnson November 11, 2012
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