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Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 29, 2017
Terrence Malick loves us—he just has a peculiar way of showing it
With
Song to Song
, the Austin-based filmmaker finds transcendental beauty in his hometown's music scene.
By Ben Sachs
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Piety
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Song to Song
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Paul Schrader
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Robert Bresson
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Yasujiro Ozu
,
Carl Th. Dreyer
,
Alexander Sokurov
,
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
,
Nathaniel Dorsky
,
Phil Solomon
,
Bruno Dumont
,
Carlos Reygadas
,
Ryan Gosling
,
Rooney Mara
,
Michael Fassbender
,
Natalie Portman
,
Val Kiilmer
,
Lykke Li
,
To the Wonder
,
Knight of Cups
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 22, 2016
Video
Leah Pickett’s top ten films of 2016
The films I couldn't stop thinking or talking about.
By Leah Pickett
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Film
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Year in Review
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American Honey
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Moonlight
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Arrival
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La La Land
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The Handmaiden
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OJ Made in America
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The Witch
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The 13th
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The Lobster
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Manchester by the Sea
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The Edge of Seventeen
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Hell or High Water
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Southside with You
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Deadpool
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The Love Witch
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Christine
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Don't Think Twice
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Robert Eggers
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Ava DuVernay
,
Denis Villeneuve
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Damien Chazelle
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Emma Stone
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Ryan Gosling
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Amy Adams
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Colin Farrell
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Rachel Weisz
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Tarrell Alvin McCraney
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Barry Jenkins
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Naomie Harris
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Sasha Lane
,
Andrea Arnold
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Contact
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Interstellar
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Sicario
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Michelle Williams
,
Casey Affleck
,
Kenneth Lonergan
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Video
Columns & Opinion
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Savage Love
Apr 7, 2016
Secular Jew seeks Nazi role-play
How should she approach her German lover? Plus: polyamory vs. polyfidelity and a lesson from
Mame
By Dan Savage
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Nazi role-play
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sexual fantasies
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secular Jews
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Mark Oppenheimer
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Beliefs
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New York Times
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Ryan Gosling
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The Believer
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Unorthodox
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polyamory
,
polyfidelity
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 18, 2015
Video
The longest night of the year, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this weekl's issue
By J.R. Jones
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Film
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Opening
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Leah Pickett
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The Big Short
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Michael Lewis
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Brad Pitt
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Ryan Gosling
,
Steve Carell
,
Christian Bale
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Youth movie
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Paolo Sorrentino
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The Great Beauty
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Michael Caine
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Harvey Keitel
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Rachel Weisz
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Paul Dano
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Jane Fonda
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Christmas Again
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Dreams Rewired
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Tilda Swinton
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Flowers movie
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Sisters movie
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Tina Fey
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Amy Poehler
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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John Paizs
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Crime Wave
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Stanley Donen
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Gene Kelly
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On the Town
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Frank Tashlin
,
Susan Slept Here
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White Christmas
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It's a Wonderful Life
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Video
Film
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Movie Review
Dec 17, 2015
Video
The Big Short
nails the culprits of the 2008 financial crisis—and you're one of them
Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale star in this adaptation of the Michael Lewis best seller.
By Leah Pickett
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The Big Short
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Adam McKay
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Michael Lewis
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Wall Street
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Ryan Gosling
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Charles Randolph
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Christian Bale
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Brad Pitt
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Steve Carell
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Video
Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 11, 2015
Ryan Gosling's directorial debut is pretty good when you turn the sound off
Ryan Gosling could learn a lesson from
Shaun the Sheep
.
By Ben Sachs
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Film
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On Video
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Ryan Gosling
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Lost River
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Shaun the Sheep Movie
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David Lynch
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Benoit Debie
,
silent cinema
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 1, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Fri 2/1: The Interview Show, Big Freedia, and John Malkovich
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Friday, February 1, 2013.
By Drew Hunt
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Arts
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Mark Bazer
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The Interview Show
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Jon Langford
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Stephanie Izard
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Girl & the Goat
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Bill Zehme
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Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman
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Schadenfreude
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Ryan Gosling
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Big Freedia
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Empty Bottle
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Baathhaus
,
Swimsuit Addition
,
John Malkovich
,
Jack Unterweger
,
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 10, 2012
Video
Substituting tea-tree oil for nicotine
Can tea-tree toothpicks help me cut back on smoking? The jury's still out.
By Kevin Warwick
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Other Stuff
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Apropos of Nothing
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toothpick
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smoking
,
cigarettes
,
quitting
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Ryan Gosling
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Drive
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San Francisco
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Video
Film
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Movie Sidebar
Oct 6, 2011
The ids of men and
The Ides of March
George Clooney stars as a progressive dream candidate, but running for office is still a nightmare.
By J.R. Jones
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The Ides of March
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politics
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Grant Heslov
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Beau Willimon
,
Ryan Gosling
,
Paul Giamatti
,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 7, 2011
Video
Blue Valentine
Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling's disintegrating marriage in "Blue Valentine" was too raw for the MPAA until distributor Harvey Weinstein intervened. It opens Friday 1/7.
By Ed M. Koziarski
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Film
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Blue Valentine
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Michelle Williams
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Ryan Gosling
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Derek Cianfrance
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NC-17
,
oral sex
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Black Swan
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Natalie Portman
,
divorce
,
Video
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 24, 2007
With friends like these ...
What kind of "caring" is Lars and the Real Girl trying to peddle?
By Pat Graham
Tags:
Film
,
George W. Bush
,
Craig Gillespie
,
Lars and the Real Girl
,
Ryan Gosling
Film
,
Movie Review
Jun 13, 2002
Love to Hate
By Jonathan Rosenbaum
Tags:
Movie Review
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Henry Bean
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Mark Jacobson
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Ryan Gosling
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