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    Viewing Varda Part Two: 1958 Short Films

    by B Peterson October 10, 2020
    by B Peterson October 10, 2020

    Between directing commercials and birthing her first child, Agnès Varda had a lot on her plate in 1958. But that didn’t stop her from pushing her artistic abilities forward in a most dramatic fashion. Varda…

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    Viewing Varda Part One: ‘La Pointe Courte’

    by B Peterson October 4, 2020
    by B Peterson October 4, 2020

    When the news broke on March 29th, 2019 that Agnès Varda had passed away at age 90 from cancer, the film world mourned, but I did not. I recognized the name of course, but had…

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    Nightstream – A Sneak Peak into a New Online Genre Film Festival

    by Sean Coates October 3, 2020
    by Sean Coates October 3, 2020

    The Global Film community has been hit hard by COVID-19. Productions stalled, cinemas closed, release dates postponed. Even as cinemas are now gradually starting to reopen, several safety and security concerns with physical exhibition still…

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    ‘Beau Travail’: Hard Work Has Never Looked So Good

    by Blake Ison September 7, 2020
    by Blake Ison September 7, 2020

    Beau Travail is the 1999 cult classic from renowned director, Claire Denis. It tells the story of Galoup, an ex-Foreign Legion officer who recalls his time leading troops in the country of Djibouti; and thanks…

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    Y’all Seen Neil Breen’s ‘Twisted Pair’?

    by Kali Tuttle August 12, 2020
    by Kali Tuttle August 12, 2020

    I like to think that the two best directors on the planet are Tommy Wiseau and Neil Breen. However, when it comes down to it, Neil Breen has the upper hand. He uses better special…

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    “What’s In the Box?”: Analyzing the Mystery Box

    by Collin Willis August 2, 2020
    by Collin Willis August 2, 2020

    The biggest challenge for any movie is getting the audience to care. You have to draw the audience into the story and the lives of the characters before the film can have any real meaning.…

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    Stranger Than Fiction: Unsolved Mystery or Lifetime Movie?

    by K at the Movies July 29, 2020
    by K at the Movies July 29, 2020

    As they say, truth is often stranger than fiction. No better show demonstrates than the longstanding, recently revived program Unsolved Mysteries. The show covers a variety of cold cases that show just how unexplainable our…

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    ‘Rad’: BMXcellent

    by Anna Campion July 10, 2020
    by Anna Campion July 10, 2020

    Okay, wow. What did I just watch? This movie was…something. Rad, directed by Hal Needham, is a movie about an amateur BMX rider, Cru Jones (Bill Allen), who tries to enter a promoter’s race for…

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    Ultimate Streaming Bundle 2: Bundle Boogaloo

    by K at the Movies June 28, 2020
    by K at the Movies June 28, 2020

    Read Part 1 of our Ultimate Streaming Bundle here. There is just such an abundance of streaming services to compare and know about that 20 wasn’t enough. Let’s dive even deeper with another setlist of…

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    Let’s Build the Ultimate Streaming Bundle!

    by K at the Movies June 28, 2020
    by K at the Movies June 28, 2020

    With the abundance of streaming services, it has become apparent that cord-cutting, and the mass adoption of streaming is inevitable. However, with the diversified selection, it is becoming harder and harder to get all the…

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    ‘Mädchen in Uniform’: It’s Okay To Be Gay

    by Anna Campion June 12, 2020
    by Anna Campion June 12, 2020

    Writer’s Note: the following discussion of Mädchen in Uniform includes brief mentions of suicide. I originally started this article about how important it is for bigots and homophobes to be exposed to media that represents lives…

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    The Lasting Legacy of ‘Victor and Victoria’

    by Patricia Henderson June 12, 2020
    by Patricia Henderson June 12, 2020

    The charming, operetta-style film, Viktor und Viktoria was originally released in its native Germany in 1933. It had a wider release as Victor and Victoria, with English subtitles, two years later. The latter is the version…

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    What It’s Like to Watch ‘Do The Right Thing’ in the Moment of the George Floyd Protests

    by Spencer Henderson June 1, 2020
    by Spencer Henderson June 1, 2020

    America is a racist institution. That racism is deeply woven into the fabric of who we are and who we always have been since this country was built by the hands of slaves, who were…

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    Toxic Fandom and You: Exploring an Unfortunate Trend in Film Discourse

    by Collin Willis September 4, 2019
    by Collin Willis September 4, 2019

    Tommy Lee Jones put it best (as Agent Kay) when he said that “People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.“. While being a fan of a particular franchise or series is fun,…

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    Quentin Tarantino Wants You to Love Your Movie Stars…Before It’s Too Late

    by Nick Kush August 3, 2019
    by Nick Kush August 3, 2019

    In 1994, Quentin Tarantino was on top of the world. He had just followed up his critical darling film Reservoir Dogs with Pulp Fiction, essentially crowning him as the next celebrity director. In the eyes of many, he…

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    Should J.K. Rowling Stop Writing the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Films?

    by Nick Kush November 24, 2018
    by Nick Kush November 24, 2018

    I can feel all of the Harry Potter fandom breathing down my neck just from the title of this piece alone. But the increased anger may have been spurred by the lackluster final product of Fantastic…

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    Desolate Madness: A Look at the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Part 5

    by Chris van Dijk November 21, 2018
    by Chris van Dijk November 21, 2018

    As part of October, the scariest movie month of the year, MovieBabble looked back at one of the most prominent horror franchises out there: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. Lucky for you, we’re continuing the conversation…

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    Desolate Madness: A Look at the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Part 4

    by Chris van Dijk October 31, 2018
    by Chris van Dijk October 31, 2018

    As part of October, the scariest movie month of the year, MovieBabble is looking back at one of the most prominent horror franchises out there: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. The following article is part…

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    Michael Has Finally Come Home Again: A Deep-Dive on ‘Halloween’ (2018)

    by Chris van Dijk October 31, 2018
    by Chris van Dijk October 31, 2018

    Before the release of the already hugely successful Halloween sequel/reboot by David Gordon Greene, I wrote a two-part article on the Halloween franchise as a whole. In these articles I conveyed to my fellow readers…

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    Desolate Madness: A Look at the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Part 3

    by Chris van Dijk October 23, 2018
    by Chris van Dijk October 23, 2018

    As part of October, the scariest movie month of the year, MovieBabble is looking back at one of the most prominent horror franchises out there: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. The following article is part…

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    The Halloween Franchise: From Worst to Best Part 2

    by Chris van Dijk October 21, 2018
    by Chris van Dijk October 21, 2018

    “The strongest human emotion is fear. It’s the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman…” In this part I will cover what I consider to be the…

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    The ‘Halloween’ Franchise: From Worst to Best Part 1

    by Chris van Dijk October 19, 2018
    by Chris van Dijk October 19, 2018

    I’ll be honest, as a horror-geek, the Halloween franchise is one of the hardest to get through. This is only because the original has been such an inspiration to the genre, to the slasher icons…

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    Desolate Madness: A Look at the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Part 2

    by Chris van Dijk October 8, 2018
    by Chris van Dijk October 8, 2018

    As part of October, the scariest movie month of the year, MovieBabble is looking back at one of the most prominent horror franchises out there: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. The following article is part…

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    Desolate Madness: A Retrospective on ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Part 1

    by Chris van Dijk September 30, 2018
    by Chris van Dijk September 30, 2018

    Leatherface is one of my favorite horror icons. I know that compared to his murderous colleagues he isn’t as colorful. He never uttered a memorable quote, some glorious cringe-inducing one-liner before dispatching some one-dimensional teen…

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