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A serious-looking man in a striped shirt and suspenders holding a sign that reads "The name of all writers is Grafton".
In Praise Of

Movies, Now More than Ever: Robert Altman’s The Player at 30

by Joe Flockhart

As mul­ti­vers­es and IP dom­i­nate the box office, we look back to Altman’s bit­ing satire on the uno­rig­i­nal­i­ty of Hollywood.
Ultraman battles giant monster in city scene, with explosions and debris in the background.
Incoming

The trailer for Shin Ultraman keeps Japan at the top of the reboot game

by Charles Bramesco

While Hol­ly­wood strip-mines its own IP half to death, Toho Pic­tures is show­ing the world how fran­chis­ing is done.
Two men sitting on a bench near a Christmas tree and decorations.
Interviews

Braxton Pope: ‘You’re never caught off guard with Paul’

by Sam Moore

The pro­duc­er of The Canyons and The Card Counter reflects on his expe­ri­ence work­ing with one of Hollywood’s most out­spo­ken auteurs.
A pensive woman gazes downward, seated at a table with a bonsai tree in a vase and cups on the surface. The image is in black and white, with high contrast.
In Praise Of

In praise of Frances Marion – Hollywood’s forgotten trailblazer

by Oliver Webb

This Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day, we remem­ber the screen­writer who gave Hol­ly­wood its voice dur­ing the silent era.
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Incoming

Quentin Tarantino saddles up for TV with a guest-directing gig on Justified

by Charles Bramesco

Taran­ti­no last direct­ed star Tim­o­thy Olyphant as a gun­slinger in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
Two women with theatrical makeup, cigarettes, and intense expressions in a dimly lit setting.
In Praise Of

Why Cabaret’s show tunes and social critique still strike a chord

by Jarek Kupść

Bob Fosse’s 1972 film breaks with the lus­trous Hol­ly­wood musi­cal tra­di­tion to take on a soci­ety in decay.
Two people, a man and a woman, smiling and looking at each other against a blue background.

A brief journey through the Valley, Hollywood’s “real” next door neighbour

by Sabrina Cooper

From Val­ley Girl to Pulp Fic­tion and now Licorice Piz­za, the San Fer­nan­do Val­ley is a famil­iar on-screen setting.
Man and woman in vintage car, wearing elaborate costumes.
In Praise Of

Why What’s Up, Doc? remains a perfect screwball comedy

by Meg Walters

Peter Bogdanovich’s 1972 homage to the Hol­ly­wood roman­tic come­dies of old is chaot­ic, sil­ly, and utter­ly joyful.
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Review

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

by Emma Fraser

This inti­mate doc­u­men­tary sees the trail­blaz­ing Hol­ly­wood icon tell her remark­able sto­ry in her own words.

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In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

How The French Connection reinvented the Hollywood cop movie

by Jarek Kupść

Gene Hack­man mani­a­cal­ly nav­i­gates New York’s crime world in William Friedkin’s endur­ing procedural.