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Making something of yourself in The Hobbit and Pumping Iron
Nov 16 • 
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Sunday Coffee
Deleted scenes from All the Feels: Post-sync in Spike Jonze's Her
Nov 9 • 
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All The Feels
How Spike Jonze and M. Night Shyamalan make us believe in what we see—and feel what can’t be seen.
Nov 1 • 
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Scale Models
This little replication of life: Synecdoche, New York & Guest of Cindy Sherman
Oct 18 • 
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Sunday Coffee
Deleted scenes from this week's column, "Fight Club"
Oct 5 • 
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Fight Club
In Lady Bird and Clouds of Sils Maria, the actors make their characters perfectly clear
Oct 4 • 
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Sunday Coffee
Deleted scenes from this week's column, "History of a Memory"
Sep 28 • 
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History of a Memory
Maybe storytelling isn't a metaphor but an interface: Past Lives and Blade Runner 2049.
Sep 27 • 
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The Speed of Meaning
From Opera Buffa to The Phoenician Scheme: A defense of rapid-fire art
Sep 20 • 
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American Tracking Shot
A lesson in continuity and rupture leads from a country road to the big city.
Sep 13 • 
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It's in the air!
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Aug 16 • 
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