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Office Christmas Party (Trailer)
LinkA department notorious for its office parties is about to get shut down, just when their specialty is needed to impress a client. So they put together the party that will keep them partying....
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Apprentice (Trailer)
Link(PG-13: Language) Aiman is an upstanding corrections officer in Singapore’s maximum security prison. He befriends the facility’s chief executioner, who counts Aiman’s dad as one of his kills. To...
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Being a Title Designer
LinkDan Perri has created titles and title sequences for Star Wars IV, Taxi Driver, Gangs of New York and more. He spoke with the Oscars about his career, his tools and his penchant for adapting rather...
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Split (Trailer)
LinkThree girls are abducted by a man suffering from multiple personality disorder. He’s exhibited 23 different personalities, but it appears he has one more, and this one involves a change in his...
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American Beauty: The Art of Character
LinkLessons from the Screenplay examines Sam Mendes’ American Beauty. The movie echoes its central theme – finding one’s true self – by having all of the characters reflect its different...
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Hacksaw Ridge (Trailer)
LinkAndrew Garfield plays American World War II hero Desmond Doss, a medic who refused to bear arms because of his faith and principles. He received the Medal of Honor for saving dozens of his fellow...
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Under the Sun (Trailer)
LinkVitaly Mansky wanted to make a documentary about life in Pyongyang through the eyes of a young girl. But authorities’ constant interference turned it into an scripted satire – a more accurate...
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The Rise (and Fall) of Hollywood
LinkNow You See It made an abridged history of the movie-making capital. Hollywood started as a rebellious albeit greedy movement, then devolved into a monopoly of studios. The rise of the internet and...
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The Handmaiden (Teaser)
LinkFrom director and writer Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) comes an Asian adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith. The Handmaiden is about a rich and sheltered Japanese girl and her Korean handmaiden,...
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American Beauty: The Missing Pages
Link(SPOILERS) After discussing what American Beauty got right, Lessons from the Screenplay talks about what it nearly got wrong. The film’s screenplay contained passages that could not be conveyed...
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War on Everyone (Teaser)
Link(PG-13) Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña play two corrupt cops in New Mexico who get off on blackmailing and framing each and every criminal they meet in this satirical comedy by John Michael...
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Color Psychology
LinkLilly Mtz-Seara goes through the basic colors to show how filmmakers use them to accentuate, project and imply specific emotions or concepts. Specifically, she shows how each color can be used in...
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Eight Days a Week (Teaser)
LinkDirector Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind) takes us back to the Fab Four’s brief but revolutionary takeover of rock and roll, and music in general. Featuring lots of never-before-seen...
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (Trailer)
LinkFormer army cop Jack Reacher returns to his old barracks to meet the new commanding officer. But when he gets there, the CO has been framed and he’s being accused of murder. Tom Cruise and Cobie...
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Creative Spark: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Link“I think creativity is a byproduct of not trying so hard.” Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2 & 3) spoke with the Oscars about her style of filmmaking, making art in her free time to...
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Keeping Up with the Joneses (Trailer)
LinkA suburban couple’s life is turned upside down when they start nosing around their suspiciously perfect neighbors. Four sexy actors – Gal Gadot, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm and Zach Galifianakis – star...
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The Girl with All the Gifts (Trailer)
LinkSet in a future where zombies have overrun the Earth, The Girl with All the Gifts is about a young second generation zombie – she retains her hunger for human flesh but is otherwise normal. Based...
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What Independence Day Did Right
LinkIndependence Day is a mediocre film at best. But Lessons from the Screenplay points out that its script did get a number of things right. It kept the bad guys mysterious for a long time, and made...
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Rams
Price: $15+ | PledgeIndustrial designer Dieter Rams helped elevate everyday objects with his functionalist approach. Gary Hustwit (Objectified, Helvetica, Urbanized) is currently raising funds to...
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The Importance of Off-screen Sound
Link(PG-13: Language) “Sounds shape what you see and what you think you see.” In film, sound has a unique variant: the ones made by unseen objects or beings. RocketJump Film School points out the...
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