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Monsters In Moonlight: The Year’s Best Dramas Come Out To Play
The “coming out” film has been the cornerstone of queer cinema for at least a couple of decades. For all the progress the LGB… (sorry, I’ve lost track of how many letters are supposed to be attached to...
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Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That (When We Were Young, Episode 4)
“I didn’t know she had a pony! How was I to know she had a pony? Who figures an immigrant’s going to have a pony? Do you know what the odds are on that? I mean, in all the pictures I saw of immigrants...
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Stronger Together: Amy Adams Anchors ‘Nocturnal Animals’&‘Arrival’
Since no studio executive can see into the future, it is impossible to to know if the right date has been selected to launch a film. Sure, 4th of July weekend was a pretty savvy time to release...
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Welcome To Being Dead (When We Were Young, Episode 5)
“But there are no cats in America And the streets are paved with cheese. Oh, there are no cats in America So set your mind at ease…” Hey, kids! Do you like cartoon mice? Catchy songs? And lots and...
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Song As Old As Rhyme (When We Were Young, Episode 6)
“Tale as old as time True as it can be Barely even friends Then somebody bends Unexpectedly. Just a little change Small to say the least Both a little scared Neither one prepared Beauty and the Beast…”...
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Ehh ‘La La’: Damien Chazelle’s Sun-Soaked Ode To A City of Stars
Los Angeles is a city paradoxically known for two things: its sun and its stars. Most of La La Land‘s musical moments revolve around one or the other. For months now, the follow-up from the...
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Love In A Hopeless Place: ‘Jackie’ Is A Requiem For The American Dream
She remembers how hot the sun was in Dallas, and the crowds — greater and wilder than the crowds in Mexico or in Vienna. The sun was blinding, streaming down; yet she could not put on sunglasses for...
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Some Wes Carpenter Flick (When We Were Young, Episode 7)
Hello, Sidney. Do you like scary movies? What’s your favorite scary movie? If you grew up in the 90s, there’s a good chance your answer to that question is Scream. In Episode 7, we plunge bone-deep...
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Trauma Queen: Isabelle Huppert Leads The Rest Of The Best Actresses
In the movies, if not so much in life, 2016 has turned out to be a very good year for the ladies. While the Best Actor race is suffering from a dearth of truly exciting performances in 2016, the Best...
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I Gave My Panties To A Geek (When We Were Young, Episode 8)
Your first crush. Detention. The prom. That time your entire extended family was horrendously racist toward a foreign exchange student. In Episode 8, When We Were Young takes you back to simpler times...
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Who Needs Reasons When You’ve Got Heroin? (When We Were Young, Episode 9)
In the mid 1990s, Hollywood was inundated with an exciting new class of independent filmmakers who would change the movie business as we knew it. People were really paying attention to films with low...
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Twentieth Century Women: Luminous Ladies Bring Life To Stories Of The 1900s
“The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the...
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The Tens: Best Of Film 2016
Another year, another awards season. But this was no ordinary year. Where to begin, when we speak of 2016? Most years, I just pick my favorite films, and that’s it. But this year, it felt important to...
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Hailing A Taxi Cab (When We Were Young, Episode 10)
“An older version of me Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theater?” And now for something I don’t care about at all! Why are you so petrified of silence? In our tenth episode, the...
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Now I’ll Never Be A Teen Model! (When We Were Young, Episode 11)
“Think I’ll go for a walk outside now, The summer sun’s calling my name…” Take Our PollPreviously on the When We Were Young podcast, Becky revealed that she used to serenade her entire middle school...
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The Not-Oscars 2016
It’s just about Oscar time again — though for once, the Best Picture race isn’t exactly the most disappointing contest I’ll witness over the past year. At times like these, the Academy Awards feel...
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We Won Best Picture.
What a night! Leave it to a telecast celebrating the films of 2016 to have a shocking surprise in store at the end. Last year, the modest Spotlight bested the bombastic The Revenant in the Best Picture...
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She Saved The World A Lot (When We Were Young, Episode 12)
“No weapons… no friends… no hope. Take all that away, and what’s left?” “Me.” In every generation, there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the podcasts. She is...
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In An MMMBop, They’re Gone (When We Were Young, Episode 13)
“Life in plastic, it’s fantastic…” Heya, Barbie! Wanna go for a ride? How about all the way back to 1998, when boy bands were just starting to be a “thing” (again), we listened to music on compact...
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I’m Not Bad, I’m Just Drawn That Way (When We Were Young, Episode 14)
“Is there nothing that can permeate that impervious puss?” Just in time for Easter, we’re taking a trip back to visit every kid’s second (or third, or fourth…) favorite bunny! Robert Zemeckis’ Who...
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