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National Film Registery picks
Twenty-five more films will join the more than 500 lucky flicks preserved ’til kingdom come...
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Acting the part
Every year NYTimes Magazine asks the year’s greatest actors to talk about what they do. This...
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Now showing: “The Man Who Never Cried”
Recently, I told you about my good friend, Bradley Jackson, who has written and directed what is...
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Introducing “The Man Who Never Cried”
I’ve been itching to tell you about this project for a long time, and now that there’s...
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Social media movies {video}
By now, you may have heard about the movie to be released this fall about the creation of Facebook....
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10.10.10 {video}
“If you only had one day to document the world, what story would you tell?” That is the...
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Remembering Haiti 2: House 182 {video}
Many of you will remember my friends Adam and Ryan who journeyed to Haiti shortly after the...
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Dr. Death: The Movie {video}
Dr. Jack Kevorkian is likely one of the most controversial figures of our day. He’s been...
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King of the 3D World?
Thanks to Avatar’s huge success, director James Cameron has decided to re-release the...
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The Saga Continues {video}
For all my “Twilight” readers (namely my sister and my former roommate) you’re...
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