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Tag Archives: Quentin Tarantino

Movie Review: ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ and the ’60s Filmic Simulation

As the nostalgic references keep piling up, all the glamorous faces, sweaty outsiders, vibrant marquees, hot spots, and shindigs reverberate as though conjured up by a cinephile's melancholy spell.

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CinemaCon 2018: Sony Pictures

Held at Caesar’s Palace, CinemaCon is the official convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners.  The movie studios conduct presentations to get their exhibition partners excited about the products they will soon have to offer them. Sony opened up by pointing out that Greatest Showman found an audience though …

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SXSW Film Keynote: Gareth Edwards – Becoming a Filmmaker

Director Gareth Edwards promised attendees at his SXSW keynote address that he would answer the question, “How the heck do you become a filmmaker?” It all started, he explained, when his parents took him to “an obscure art film” called 'Star Wars'. He immediately wanted to grow up to join the rebel alliance and destroy the death star. He shared the disappointment he felt when he was told he couldn’t do this because it was “only a movie”.

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