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Lindy West Owns The Sex and The City Review Category

2010-07-27T04:06:01Z

If you haven’t heard of Lindy West before, be warned: dangerous, profound, addictive. Sex and the City 2 is “essentially a home video of gay men playing with giant Barbie dolls.” Discuss.

Ruling the Galaxy Through the Power of the Dark Side Not As Easy As It Once Was

2010-07-23T18:41:01Z

Even Darth Vader gets the economic blues.

5 Interpretations About 1 Film

2010-07-20T18:16:00Z

Five ways of looking at Inception.

The Book of Denzel

2010-03-25T15:27:00Z

Terry Mattingly, of Get Religion, gives an interesting interview and story with Denzel Washington about The Book of Eli and Training Day, among others.

Afterwards, We All Felt Saved

2010-02-19T15:30:00Z

The spirit of Fight Club moves into the ministry

A Serious Man

2010-02-18T03:28:00Z

There is a God and he is pissed.

Read this article.

Logorama

2010-02-12T22:00:01Z

The Logorama, in whom we live and breathe and have our being. Watch it before the lawyers start suing.

Todd Alcott Analyses Inglourious Basterds

2010-02-11T20:42:00Z

But is it art? All your questions answered here.

The Gospel According to James (Cameron)

2009-12-22T00:27:01Z

Ross Douthat nails it on the head this crassmas season: “Avatar” is Cameron’s long apologia for pantheism — a faith that equates God with Nature, and calls humanity into religious communion with the natural world.

The Fuhrer and the Avatar

2009-12-18T13:20:00Z

Avatar sucks according to Adolf.

Your Life Is About To Change

2009-12-18T12:15:00Z

One of the most stunning pieces of fan-criticism of Star Wars in the entire galaxy: Why The Phantom Menace was so unspeakably bad, and why the pro… proto...protagonize...protogo, uh, main character, is non-existent. Worth every minute of the ten years it took to produce this review.

Up

2009-11-11T22:42:00Z

Pixar’s Defense of Animation

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Sympathy for the Devil

2009-09-05T03:32:00Z

How a British Detective Novelist Can Help Us Understand an American Film Obsession

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Quentin Tarantino’s Top Twenty Films Since 1992

2009-08-24T14:25:00Z

To understand the mind behind Inglourious Basterds, you need to know what he’s been watching again and again and again.

Michael Bay’s Artistic Genius Strikes Again

2009-06-26T21:52:00Z

Former advertising man Michael Bay returns with this summer’s big hit, and possibly the most artistic movie ever filmed. Eight years ago, Metaphilm launched with a piece on Michael Bay’s artistic style in Pearl Harbor, little realizing it was an advertisement for a yet-to-be-released political thriller.