http://metaphilm.com/index.php/ See Through Cinema en read@cleave.com Copyright 2010 2010-07-27T04:06:01-05:00 http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/lindy-west-owns-the-sex-and-the-city-review-category/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/lindy-west-owns-the-sex-and-the-city-review-category/#When:04:06:01Z 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. 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.

]]> phlog 2010-07-27T04:06:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/ruling-the-galaxy-through-the-power-of-the-dark-side-not-as-easy-as-it-once/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/ruling-the-galaxy-through-the-power-of-the-dark-side-not-as-easy-as-it-once/#When:18:41:01Z Even Darth Vader gets the economic blues. Even Darth Vader gets the economic blues.

]]> phlog 2010-07-23T18:41:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/5-interpretations-about-1-film/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/5-interpretations-about-1-film/#When:18:16:00Z Five ways of looking at Inception. Five ways of looking at Inception.

]]> phlog 2010-07-20T18:16:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-book-of-denzel/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-book-of-denzel/#When:15:27:00Z Terry Mattingly, of Get Religion, gives an interesting interview and story with Denzel Washington about The Book of Eli and Training Day, among others. Terry Mattingly, of Get Religion, gives an interesting interview and story with Denzel Washington about The Book of Eli and Training Day, among others.

]]> phlog 2010-03-25T15:27:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/afterwards-we-all-felt-saved/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/afterwards-we-all-felt-saved/#When:15:30:00Z The spirit of Fight Club moves into the ministry The spirit of Fight Club moves into the ministry

]]> phlog 2010-02-19T15:30:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/detail/a-serious-man/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/a-serious-man/#When:03:28:00Z Aerial Act There is a God and he is pissed. There is a God and he is pissed.

(Read the article) ]]> philms 2010-02-18T03:28:00-05:00 Artislav Mel http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/logorama/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/logorama/#When:22:00:01Z The Logorama, in whom we live and breathe and have our being.  Watch it before the lawyers start suing. The Logorama, in whom we live and breathe and have our being.  Watch it before the lawyers start suing.

]]> phlog 2010-02-12T22:00:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/todd-alcott-analyses-inglourious-basterds/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/todd-alcott-analyses-inglourious-basterds/#When:20:42:00Z But is it art?  All your questions answered here. But is it art?  All your questions answered here.

]]> phlog 2010-02-11T20:42:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-gospel-according-to-james-cameron/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-gospel-according-to-james-cameron/#When:00:27:01Z 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. 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.

]]> phlog 2009-12-22T00:27:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-fuhrer-and-the-avatar/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-fuhrer-and-the-avatar/#When:13:20:00Z Avatar sucks according to Adolf. Avatar sucks according to Adolf.

]]> phlog 2009-12-18T13:20:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/your-life-is-about-to-change/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/your-life-is-about-to-change/#When:12:15:00Z 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. 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. 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.

]]> phlog 2009-12-18T12:15:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/detail/up/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/up/#When:22:42:00Z Film’s New Adventure Pixar’s Defense of Animation Pixar’s Defense of Animation

(Read the article) ]]> philms 2009-11-11T22:42:00-05:00 Devan Goldstein http://metaphilm.com/index.php/detail/sympathy-for-the-devil/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/sympathy-for-the-devil/#When:03:32:00Z Dorothy Sayers and the American Faust Film How a British Detective Novelist Can Help Us Understand an American Film Obsession How a British Detective Novelist Can Help Us Understand an American Film Obsession

(Read the article) ]]> pheatures 2009-09-05T03:32:00-05:00 William Jenkins http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/quentin-tarantinos-top-twenty-films-since-1992/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/quentin-tarantinos-top-twenty-films-since-1992/#When:14:25:00Z To understand the mind behind Inglourious Basterds, you need to know what he’s been watching again and again and again. To understand the mind behind Inglourious Basterds, you need to know what he’s been watching again and again and again.

]]> phlog 2009-08-24T14:25:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/michael-bays-artistic-genius-strikes-again/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/michael-bays-artistic-genius-strikes-again/#When:21:52:00Z 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. 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.

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