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Browser: Still Walking. Unforgivable Blackness. Joe Henry. Inglourious Basterds.

Hi ho, Jeffrey the Recovering Storyteller here. It's my first real day off since completing Raven's Ladder. I plan to rest. Write reviews. And see movies. 500 Days of Summer and District 9, to be specific. My friend, painter Laura Lasworth, loved the first one, and

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Today at Filmwell: Meet Lee Isaac Chung! A 2-Part Conversation

I'm thrilled to share my interview with Lee Isaac Chung, director of Munyurangabo, today at Filmwell. Part One Part Two Chung also shared an essay, published at Filmwell, about his experiences and approach to filmmaking. You can bet his movie will be in my short list of favorites

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When you watch Benjamin Button, can you forget about Brad Pitt?

During a roundtable interview with Michael Caine, I watched the actor make a tent of his fingers, furrow his brow, and ponder this question: “Is there something that you wish moviegoers and filmcritics would learn to understand about movies, something we just don’t get?” Caine's reply intrigues

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Today at Filmwell: Mike Hertenstein Climbs "Treeless Mountain"

I'm back from The Netherlands, and I hope to cook up a good long journal entry for you about all of the exciting things that happened there. Meanwhile... Have I expressed how excited I am about Filmwell, and all that is is slowly becoming? We decided not to

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What is the Most Extraordinary Opening Minute of a Movie?

Read about two opening minutes that impressed me last year, and tell us about your own favorite opening minute... over at Filmwell.

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When Lightning Struck...

Ever been struck by lightning while watching a movie? That is to say, can you remember an occasion when a particular moment in a movie changed the way you watch movies? Was there a foreign film that opened the door to an appreciation of subtitled movies? Or a sequence that

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Introducing... Filmwell.org.

Hi, Michael Leary and I are happy to announce the release of Filmwell (www.filmwell.org), a new website that will be updated daily with essays, film and DVD reviews, and news on cinema off the beaten track. Founding Filmwell contributors include widely published authors and critics, as well as