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Re-Make/Re-Model: The Thing From Another World (1951) vs. The Thing (1982) vs. The Thing (2011)
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: Mo’ Better Blues
Oeuvre is an in-depth examination of the entire body of work of an important director. It was never going to be easy for Spike Lee to follow up his 1989 masterpiece Do the Right
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Criminally Underrated: Carlito’s Way
In this feature our writers defend films they feel have not received their due. There’s an old saying: you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. Aside from being cynical propaganda distributed
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Film Dunce: Bicycle Thieves
Film Dunce is a weekly series in which one of our writers finally succumbs to the lure of a movie that has long been a big part of our culture that they have never
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Rediscover: Letter Never Sent
Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. For most people, Russian filmmakers begin and end with Sergei Eisenstein and Andrei
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Re-Make/Re-Model: The Fly (1958) Vs. The Fly (1983)
Are remakes a sign of creative bankruptcy? Does the current glut of remakes, reboots, re-imaginings, re-toolings, nominal prequels and barely connected sequels in production indicate that Hollywood is out of ideas? And anyway, remakes
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Oeuvre: Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing
Oeuvre is an in-depth examination of the entire body of work of an important director. When history comes knocking, Shelton “Spike” Lee will be remembered for many things. He will be Spike the demagogue,
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Criminally Underrated: Bubble
In this feature our writers defend films they feel have not received their due. The 2000s were a decade defined by a tectonic shift in the distribution methods of media, one that saw the
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Film Dunce: Good Will Hunting
Film Dunce is a weekly series in which one of our writers finally succumbs to the lure of a movie that has long been a big part of our culture that they have never
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Revisit: The Last Temptation of Christ
Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. It is almost impossible to talk about or think about Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ without stigmatizing
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