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Shoot To Kill: The new—and very scary—use of found footage in the horror movies V/H/S and Sinister. (Slate)

Flavorwire’s Flick of the Week: ‘Looper’ 
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Film Culture Isn't Dead; It's Just More Fun 
(The Atlantic)

To Get to 'The Master,' Paul Thomas Anderson Needed Adam Sandler  (The Atlantic)

Why Do We Return to Live Footage of 9/11? (Slate)

Why I Love 'The Newsroom': A Defense of Imperfection (The Atlantic)

Flavorwire’s Flick of the Week: ‘The Master’ (Flavorwire)

20 Books About Movies Every Film Lover Should Own (Flavorwire)

9 Things We Learned at Last Night’s ‘Princess Bride’ Reunion (Flavorwire)

Racism, Corruption, and Zac Efron's Abs: How to Explain 'The Paperboy'?
(The Atlantic)

10 Movies We Wish We’d Seen in Their Original Form (Flavorwire)

The Twin Towers' Most Memorable On-Screen Moments (The Atlantic)

Flavorwire’s Flick of the Week: ‘Wuthering Heights’ (Flavorwire)

Video Essay: “How Time Travel Works” 
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A User’s Guide to Essential Anthology Films 
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Grumpy Old Movies: Great Moments in 'Get Off My Lawn' Cinema (The Atlantic)

Flavorwire’s Guide to Indie Flicks to See in October (Flavorwire)

10 Must-See Movies at This Year’s New York Film Festival (
Flavorwire)

10 Super-Embarrassing Moviemaking Typos 
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When Spike Lee Became Scary (The Atlantic)

Why The Campaign Is One of the Year's Smartest Films (Flavorwire)

The Movies We Never Get Tired of Watching (Flavorwire)

In Movies With Nudity, What's the Line Between Ogling and Art? (The Atlantic)

Open Thread: Is Vertigo Really the Greatest Movie Ever Made? (Flavorwire)

Video Essay: “Faces: 105 of Cinema’s Most Beautiful Close-Ups” (Flavorwire)

Why I Love 'The Newsroom': A Defense of Imperfection (The Atlantic)

10 Movie Stars We're Ready to See Retire
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How Aurora Changed The Dark Knight Rises (The Atlantic)

8 Unreleased Movies We're Dying to See (Flavorwire)

The 10 Sexiest Movies Ever Made (Flavorwire)

From Frank Langella to Hope Davis, the Most Undervalued Actors in Movies (The Atlantic)

Video Essay: "The Trippiest Movies Ever Made" (Flavorwire)

Don’t Quit Your Day Job: 9 Celebs Who Should Stay Out of Movies (And 1 Who Shouldn’t) (Flavorwire)

5 Great Tony Scott Movies Worth Reconsidering (The Atlantic)

Video Essay: “The 75 Coolest Looking Prohibition-Era Movie Characters” (Flavorwire)

10 Fantastic Comedies Based on True Stories (Flavorwire)

10 of Film's Greatest Sex Comedies (Flavorwire)

Maybe Rob Reiner Was Never a Good Director (The Atlantic)

‘The Dark Knight Rises’: Building the Ideal Summer Blockbuster (Flavorwire)

Video Essay: 135 Shots That Will Restore Your Faith in Cinema (Flavorwire)

These Are the Movies That Make You Totally Undateable (Flavorwire)

No More 'Sexytime!': The Movies People Need to Stop Quoting (The Atlantic)

25 Must-See Music Documentaries (Flavorwire)

10 Movies We'd Actually Like to See Remade (Flavorwire)

10 Unfortunate Intersections of Movies and Real Life Events (Flavorwire)

The Very Worst Performances by 10 Great Movie Actors (The Atlantic)

10 Amazing Unbroken Shots in Film (Flavorwire)

10 Once-Great Directors Who’ve Lost Their Touch (Flavorwire)

The Unexpected Movies of Famous Filmmakers (The Atlantic)

Wes Anderson: The Flavorpill Interview (Flavorwire)

What Are the Most Beautiful Movies Ever Made? (Flavorwire)

The Most Notorious Co-Star Feuds in Movie History (The Atlantic)

10 Utterly Unconvincing Movie Couples (Flavorwire)

Video Essay: “All of Woody’s Surrogates” (Flavorwire)

Are Indie Movies Getting Too Pretty? (The Atlantic)

“Silent House”: One Movie, One Shot (Salon)

The Best Beatles Cues in Movie History (Flavorwire)

Open Thread: “Midnighting” the Movies (Flavorwire)

Video Essay: Wes Anderson’s Favorite New York Movies (Flavorwire)

Jar-Jar and Beyond: The Most Ill-Advised Prequels in Film History (The Atlantic)

TV’s Most Notoriously Short-Lived Shows (Flavorwire)

Writer/Director Bobcat Goldthwait on ‘God Bless America,’ the Year’s Ballsiest Movie (Flavorwire)

From the Globe to the Multiplex: Ingenious Shakespeare-Inspired Films (The Atlantic)

‘Community’ Could Do Great on Fridays, If They’ll Ignore the “Ratings” (Flavorwire)

The Strangest Source Material in Movie History (Flavorwire)

'E.T.,' 'Tron,' 'Conan': Was 1982 Really the Best Summer for Movies Ever? (The Atlantic)

The Most Ingenious Re-Casting Decisions in Movie History (Flavorwire)

Video Essay: “Threequel: Even More Famous Faces in Their Film Debuts” (Flavorwire)

The Most Notorious Actor/Director Feuds in Movie History (The Atlantic)

Beautiful Photographs of Decaying and Repurposed Movie Palaces (Flavorwire)

Our All-Time Favorite Actor/Director Movie Teams (Flavorwire)

Set to Fail: A History of Movies That Debuted Against Blockbusters (The Atlantic)

Video Essay: “The Semi-Obligatory Lyrical Interlude (A Case Study)” (Flavorwire)

Requiem for a Video Store (Flavorwire)

So, We’re Over James Franco Now, Right? (Flavorwire)

Tribeca Film Festival 2012 Wrap-Up (DVD Talk)

What Was the Best Summer for Movies? (Flavorwire)

The Best Action Scenes of the 21st Century  (The Atlantic)

Hypotheticals: The NWA Reunion Album (Flavorwire)

Flavorpill’s 10 Most Anticipated Summer Movies (Flavorwire)

Capital Politics and Herzog's Into the Abyss (The Huffington Post)

10 Under-the-Radar Tribeca Films You Have to See
 
(Flavorwire)

Open Thread: Movies or TV? Or Both? Or Neither? (Flavorwire)

Video Essay: “Watching the Detectives: Our Favorite Movie Private Eyes” (Flavorwire)

Your Republican Friends Are Going to Love Lockout (The Huffington Post)

Hypotheticals: Kubrick’s ‘Napoleon’ (Flavorwire)

12 of the Most Memorable On-Screen Impersonations (Flavorwire)

An Open Letter (and Nostalgia Intervention) to Pop Culture (Flavorwire)

Newt Gingrich: The Ed Wood of the GOP Primary (The Huffington Post)

Open Thread: How Do You See Movies? (Flavorwire)

10 Best Uses of 3D in Movie History, From Hitchcock to 'Hugo' (The Atlantic)

10 Viciously Backlashed Movies We Still Like (and Why) (Flavorwire)

Iconic Movie Roles That Were Almost Played by Other Actors (The Atlantic)

Video Essay: “And Introducing… Famous Faces in Their Film Debuts”

12 Great Movies the Critics Got Dead Wrong (The Atlantic)

12 Things We Learned from Joss Whedon’s SXSW Talk (Flavorwire)

10 Great American Gangster Movies (The Atlantic)

Nick Offerman on His New Films, Nudity, and Being Ron Swanson (Flavorwire)

Film's Greatest Comedy Cliques, From the Rat Pack to Team Apatow (The Atlantic)

Patton Oswalt on Acting, Stand-Up, and Evolving (Flavorwire)

Video Essay: “The Martin Scorsese Film School” (Flavorwire)

“Reality” Conquers the Movies (Salon)

Dunham and Apatow on ‘Girls,’ HBO’s Next Insanely Great Series (Flavorwire)

How Mike Birbiglia Turned a Trip Through a Window into One of the Year’s Best Films (Flavorwire)

Open Thread: Let’s Talk About Misogyny at the Movies (Flavorwire)

Finding Rick Santorum’s Cinematic Avatar (Flavorwire)

10 of the Greatest Movies Never Made (The Atlantic)

Aubrey Plaza Talks ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ — Which Is NOT a Time-Travel Movie (Flavorwire)

The Most Painfully Awkward Moments of Last Night’s Oscars (Flavorwire)

10 Biopics That Actually Worked, and Why (The Atlantic)

Video Essay: “How to Pull the Perfect Movie Heist” (Flavorwire)

Beautiful Pre-Code Movie Posters Unconvered in a Pennsylvania Attic (Flavorwire)

The Most Insane, Illogical Award Choices in Oscar History (The Atlantic)

10 Romantic Comedies That Aren’t Terrible (Flavorwire)

The Most Unwanted Sequels in Film History (The Atlantic)

The Best Made-For-TV Movies of All Time (Flavorwire)

Parsing the President's Spotify Playlist (The Maddow Blog)

Close-Reading the Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Ad (Flavorwire)

Know Your Evil Movie Cops (The Atlantic)

On Ferris Bueller, Advertising, and the Fourth Wall (Flavorwire)

The Worst Acting Snubs in Oscars History (The Atlantic)

Sundance 2012: The Deals, The Awards, and That Kubrick Doc (Flavorwire)

Notes from Sundance 2012 (DVD Talk)

Know Your Evil Movie Teens (Flavorwire)

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and the Hollywood Hype Machine (Flavorwire)

10 Great Sports Films for People Who Don't Watch Sports (The Atlantic)

10 Great Silent Sequences in Sound Movies (Flavorwire)

10 Great Documentaries About Famous Films (The Atlantic)

Let’s Talk About the Ending of ‘Young Adult’ (Flavorwire)

Holiday Moviegoing Suggestions for the Whole Family (Flavorwire)

2011's Biggest Movie Controversies (The Atlantic)

The 5 Film Commenters You Meet on the Internet (Flavorwire)

10 Films That Avoided the NC-17 Rating and Suffered for It (The Atlantic)

Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’: Will Kids Respond to Cinema 101? (Flavorwire)