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Seattle Showcase: Ian Bell’s Brown Derby Series – GREMLINS
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Pink Face: On Straight Actors Going Queer
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To SCHIZOPOLIS and Beyond! A Conversation on Steven Soderbergh
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The Private Lives of Public Enemies: Love and Other Crimes in CASINO and THE PUBLIC ENEMY
I could lie and pretend that I don’t know why I love gangster movies, but…
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Roundtable Discussion: The Changing Face of Cinema
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Welcome to the Solute
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