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In Praise Of

In Praise Of

The slippery stardom of Rachel McAdams

by Marshall Shaffer

From Mean Girls through to Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, the Canadian actress has become definable by her indefinability.
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Speed Racer and the blockbuster sea change

by B.C. Wallin

The Wachowskis’ animé-inspired action epic is a notorious box office flop, but represents a sliding doors moment in cinematic history.
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Mary-Kate and Ashley’s The Challenge marked direct-to-video death for tweens

by Jasmine Valentine

The reality television-inspired tween comedy heralded the end of an era for how young audiences watched their idols.
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Beyond the Red Scare: Invaders from Mars at 70

by Christopher Stewardson

William Cameron Menzies’ sci-fi classic might have its origins in the Cold War, but its message is more expansive.
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The thunder and the fury of The Place Beyond the Pines

by Gayle Sequeira

A decade since its release, Derek Cianfrance’s thriller about the intersecting lives of two young men in small-town America still stings.
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The daring gender nonconformity of Ed Wood’s Glen or Glenda

by Sarah Cleary

As Ed Wood’s exploitation film partly based on his own experience celebrates its 70th anniversary, its progressive take on performing gender is ripe for rediscovery.
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Is Léa Seydoux Mia Hansen-Løve’s greatest on-screen muse?

by David Jenkins

The French superstar works in a sublimely subtle register to bring the joy and pain of One Fine Morning to the screen.
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How Ring predicted the anxieties of the 21st century

by J. Simpson

25 years later, Hideo Nakata’s timeless J‑horror still shocks – partly owing to its prescience.
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The Story of Adèle E

by David Jenkins

In praise of French actor Adèle Exarchopoulos who brings her sultry sensibility to a range of roles, most recently Léa Mysius’ The Five Devils.
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The unlikely prescience of Spring Breakers

by Sam Moore

A decade since its release, Harmony Korine’s hedonistic vision of a fraught Floridian vacation feels like it foreshadowed plenty about contemporary pop culture.

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