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Under the Hood
The US marketing team for "The Uprising" briefly added "The Rise of Robin Hood" to the film's title on promotional material. But what does Sherwood's Most Fictional Outlaw have to do with history?
Report
The last attempt to bring back the Westwood landmark ended in a bankruptcy claim and civil litigation over the building's condition. Its new operators see things differently.
Fall Film Preview
From tentpoles to auteur indies, these are the films we're either most looking forward to seeing — or already loved off the year's fall fest circuit.
Sequels Week
How prequels combat Canon Events is also how sequels can help established characters grow.
Sequels Week
Definitions, examples, and an earnest attempt to explain the many terms Hollywood loves to use to differentiate what's really just franchise filmmaking.
Sequels Week
A complete schedule of all the lists, essays, and more that we have planned for our celebration of cinema's favorite way to go back to the well (or draw blood from a stone).
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With "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" now playing in theaters, it's a good time to check in with the real franchises that inspired Jane Schoenbrun's fictional video store property.
Sing, Muse, of IMAX
Christopher Nolan has produced a most stunning film adaptation of the Homeric epic — but only this side of Bikini Bottom.
See the Sea Peoples
Greek History TAs will be fielding questions about the Sea Peoples for years, thanks to Christopher Nolan's latest film.
Directors on Directors
Over the course of this weekend at Los Angeles' Academy Museum, the director of "Nightmare Alley" and "Frankenstein" is presenting lectures and screenings drawn from a lifetime of obsessing over the Master of Suspense.
First Person
Inspiration can come from anywhere, but first-time filmmaker David Ketterer Spencer took that idea to wild ends with his “Souvenir.” He writes for IndieWire about breaking a story with a little piece of found ephemera.
Exclusive Book Excerpt
Exclusive: Thomas Schatz's latest book, "Power Surge: Conglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System's Last Hurrah," examines a period of seismic change in the studio system, one in which an indie ethos permeated.
