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When I heard that African-American filmmaker William Greaves had died last week, I wanted to…
Inside the Songs of INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Side A)
SPOILERS FOR INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS FOLLOW: 1. “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me” Scene: The opening scene…
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The World Belongs to Savages: The Crime Films of Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone is one of the most famous and distinctive living directors in American film.…
Music Videos Shot By Great Cinematographers: Madonna, “Frozen”
(Welcome to a Solute-exclusive feature, at least for the time being, in which The Narrator…
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Of all the actresses in cinematic history, none have been so confounding a puzzle as…
The Good, the Bad, and the Miscast – PART III: The Untouchable
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