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The Broken Tower: The Case For James Franco's Feature-Directing Breakthrough
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The Running Man: Abel Ferrara on 4:44, Staying Busy and Bad Lieutenant at 20
I met Abel Ferrara in a café on Mulberry Street. In an hour's time, he didn't once take his seat. The filmmaker makes a couple of…
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Inessential Essentials: The Sitter's 'Totally Irresponsible' Edition on DVD/Blu-ray
What's the Film: The Sitter (2011), new on DVD and Blu-ray via 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Why it's an Inessential…
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Inessential Essentials: Last Temptation of Christ on Blu-ray
Movieline is pleased to introduce Inessential Essentials, a regular feature about some of the most intriguing — if not…