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9 Takeaways From The 2017 Spirit Awards Nods And How ‘Elle’ Qualified As ‘American’

November 22, 2016 8:27 pm

The Independent Spirit Awards has been a strange beast for most of this decade. They have often rewarded under the radar masterpieces and performances (Mya Taylor’s win in Best Supporting Female for “Tangerine”...

‘The Magnificent Seven’ Goes Guns Blazing To The Top Of The Box Office

Kevin Jagernauth

September 25, 2016 12:16 pm

News

After three weeks of holding down the top of the box office, Tom Hanks and "Sully" have made way for another A-list star and his latest project, saddling up a remake of a classic Western. "The Magnificent Se...

Austere ‘Chronic’ Provides A Showcase Role For Tim Roth [Review]

Oliver Lyttelton

September 23, 2016 2:59 pm

Reviews

This is a reprint of our review from the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. In the 1980s and 1990s, Tim Roth was one of the most exciting of a new generation of British actors. He worked with everyone from Robert Al...

13 Films To See In September

Erik McClanahan

September 1, 2016 12:30 pm

Features

While this past summer at the movies has been rough by most accounts (though August had a slight surge of quality films), we now find ourselves at that near-180-degree switch that amounts to the fall festival s...