Nearly all directors have presented a film that incorporates their attributes and characteristics. For Terrence Malick, one could argue...

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In the Criterion Channel's August catalog for newly added films, included are a number of key films in the work of Budd Boetticher. His...

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There are certain nods to the idea of human purpose throughout Barton Fink that echo the ideas of filmmaking and the people involved with...

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In the wake of the immense popularity of the French New Wave and other foreign film movements during the 1960s, Hollywood transitioned...

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I never really understood why people compare Charlie Chaplin to Buster Keaton. Undoubtedly both are masterminds in the art of cinema, but...

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