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Django controversy swells as Oscars approach


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High-level award ceremonies often harbor serious controversy, and this year’s Academy Awards will once not be an exception. Refreshing the century-long debate incepted by Mark Twain with “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” about the use of the “n-word” in literature, Quentin Tarantino’s fantastically violent “Django: Unchained” has proven to be a heavy source of debate […]

Gun violence in film will aid debate


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After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, it seems like a good time to take a look at how school shootings are portrayed in the media. Michael Moore’s documentary, Bowling for Columbine provides a gritty look into the American world of easily obtainable guns and the horrifying symptoms that that world can face […]

Film involves both art and leisure


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Film is an art form, but many often perceive it — first and foremost — as a leisure activity. Just look at the disparities between the potential awards contenders. This year, some of the most likely awards contenders  span all of genres and audiences: Skyfall (action-adventure), Lincoln (biopic), Beasts of the Southern Wild (fantasy), Flight […]

Fans bring success to The Room, awful films


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Every month at the Regent Landmark Theater in Los Angeles, a very dedicated group of fans gathers to pay homage to a film unlike any other. It’s not a seminal work from a respected auteur or renowned cult classic — the sort of movies that usually deserve such treatment. No, these people are here to […]

Found footage style could use freshening


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One of my really good friends insists that I go see Paranormal Activity 4 with him. We’ve seen the first three together, so he’s calling it a tradition. I hate our tradition. I’m horrible in horror films: I get really jumpy, I scream and I yell. I’m that girl who can’t keep her sh-t together. […]