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  Superman Films Versus Comic
  By Glen Weldon
  Thu Jun 6, 2013

  Superman is an idea. OK, fine. Technically he's an intellectual property—a set of data points slammed together by Jerry Siegel and Joe... More >>

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  Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
  By Alan Scherstuhl
  Thu May 30, 2013

  “Least you got to see a motherfucker crucify himself,” Richard Pryor spits in the most surprising footage director Marina Zenovich... More >>

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  Joss Whedon: From Comic Books to Shakespeare
  By Amy Nicholson
  Thu May 30, 2013

  After completing five months of principal photography on The Avengers, Joss Whedon flew back to Los Angeles and threw himself a welcome-home... More >>

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  Cannes: In Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro Acts Again!
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  In Arnaud Desplechin's English-language Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro—freed at last from the tyranny of... More >>

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  Cannes: The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We'll Get to the Coens) Someday I'm going to write a song and call it "Ballad of the Blue Badge." I... More >>

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  Cannes: Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra is a Delightful Little Curio
  By Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 23, 2013

  Ladies and gentlemen—anyone, really, who cares about his or her mug—step right up. According to a bit of advice proffered in one of... More >>

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  Uwe Boll, Worst Director Alive, to Wall Street Execs: "Don't Think You're Safe"
  By Nick Schager
  Thu May 16, 2013

  Uwe Boll will no longer fight you -- at least, not with his fists. Often lambasted by critics as the worst of the worst, Boll once literally got... More >>

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  Expand or Die: For At Any Price Director Ramin Bahrani, Bigger Films Demand Bigger Targets
  By John Anderson
  Thu May 16, 2013

  Responding to the uproar earlier this month over the passage—and President Obama's signage—of the so-called "Monsanto Protection... More >>

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  Good Works: Brady Corbet Explains How a Nice Guy Became Simon Killer
  By Chuck Wilson
  Thu May 16, 2013

  "Can you speak up a little, man? I dove off a boat yesterday, and I now have an immense amount of water in my ear!" Brady Corbet, 24, is on the... More >>

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  Compton Royalty: Documentary Examines Venus and Serena's Rise From Their Upbringing in Southeast L.A.
  By Anna Dimond
  Thu May 16, 2013

  "It was 1991. I fly into L.A. I take a cab to Compton. On the phone, Richard [Williams] said, 'The only thing I guarantee you, you won't get... More >>

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  What Is a Movie Critic's Job in the Summer of Comic Books? A Discussion
  By Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek
  Thu May 9, 2013

  Stephanie Zacharek is the new chief film critic at the Village Voice. Alan Scherstuhl is the Voice's film editor. Sometimes they gab about how... More >>

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  (No) Fear of a Shane Black Planet: The Iron Man 3 Auteur's Career, Reconsidered
  By Chris Klimek
  Thu May 9, 2013

  Iron Man 3 opens this week. For some viewers the film's appeal isn't the eponymous superhero, but the sarcastic-yet-sensitive hero behind the... More >>

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  He's Way More Famous Than You
  By Nick Schager
  Thu May 9, 2013

  A self-referential, insider farce about the hunger for Hollywood stardom, He's Way More Famous Than You is — like its leading lady —... More >>

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  Expand or Die: For At Any Price Director Ramin Bahrani, Bigger Films Demand Bigger Targets
  By John Anderson
  Thu May 2, 2013

  Responding to the uproar earlier this month over the passage—and President Obama's signage—of the so-called "Monsanto Protection... More >>