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Criminally Underrated: The Limits of Control
In this feature our writers defend films they feel have not received their due. Upon its release in 2009, Jim Jarmusch’s The Limits of Control barely scraped together a half-million dollars at the box
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Rediscover: Certified Copy
Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. Certified Copy tips its hand early in its opening passage, in a speech
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Remake/Remodel: Love Affair (1939) vs. An Affair to Remember (1957)
Remakes have been around nearly as long as Hollywood itself, and not always for the reasons or with the results you’d think. Spectrum Culture’s new feature Re-Make/Re-Model will examine the long history of cinematic
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Oeuvre: Spike Lee: Get on the Bus
Oeuvre is an in-depth examination of the entire body of work of an important director. Released on the first anniversary of the actual event, Get on the Bus views Louis Farrakhan’s landmark Washington D.C.
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Criminally Overrated: Kick-Ass
In this feature our writers take down films they feel are wildly overpraised. Given the recent glut of blockbusters about crime-fighters in spandex, conditions were ripe in 2010 for a witty skewering of superhero
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Rediscover: The Organizer
Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. Like a man out of time, the appearance of Mario Monicelli’s The Organizer
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Oeuvre: Spike Lee: Clockers
Oeuvre is an in-depth examination of the entire body of work of an important director. Nearly 10 years after the release of She’s Gotta Have It, Spike Lee was expanding his scope. While Malcolm
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Criminally Underrated: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
In this feature our writers defend films they feel have not received their due. Some films are inexplicably overlooked in their time. Others offer numerous reasons why crowds should not have embraced them with
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Rediscover: Late Spring
Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. Has there been another Japanese actress such as Setsuko Hara? Born in 1920,
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Remake/Remodel: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) vs. Body Snatchers (1993)
Remakes have been around nearly as long as Hollywood itself, and not always for the reasons or with the results you’d think. Spectrum Culture’s new feature Re-Make/Re-Model will examine the long history of cinematic
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