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The lure of a Southern drawl at the movies
"There are things you can get away with in this world, and things you can't." The voice is Matthew McConaughey's, and days after seeing him in "Mud," I can close my eyes and hear him still — a simple line echoing with the mysteries of a man caught...
Tags: Tommy Lee, Lone (music group), Mud (movie), True Grit (movie), Music
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Depictions of violence in theater: Revelation, not nihilism
In one of the most infamous scenes in modern drama, a group of young men in a London park stone a baby to death in its carriage. What begins as roughhousing escalates to all-out sadism until a rock is thrown at point blank range, ending the child's...
Tags: William Friedkin, Mud (movie), Crime, Law and Justice, Culture, Fine Artists
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Spirit Awards boost 'Moonrise Kingdom,' 'Silver Linings' momentum
David O. Russell's screwball comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" and Wes Anderson's coming-of-age romance "Moonrise Kingdom" led the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards with five nominations apiece, including feature, director and screenplay. The bounty...
Tags: Helen Hunt, Gold Standard Incorporated, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Paul Thomas Anderson
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'Silver Linings,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' lead Spirit Award nominations
Two offbeat comedies dominated the 28th annual Film Independent Spirit Award nominations Tuesday morning. David O. Russell's quirky "Silver Linings Playbook," starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, and Wes Anderson's charming coming-of-age...
Tags: Helen Hunt, Casablanca (movie), Politics, The Loneliest Planet (movie), Linda Cardellini
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High hopes, low notes for film world's NC-17 rating
In the late '80s a thunderbolt of inspiration struck Jack Valenti, longtime chief of the Motion Picture Assn. of America: What if his organization got rid of the X rating, besmirched by years of misappropriation by hard-core exploitation films, and...
Tags: William Friedkin, Jack Valenti, Shame (movie), Darren Aronofsky, Literature
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Matthew McConaughey's NC-17 'Killer Joe' posts so-so opening
Did a prohibitive NC-17 rating stop moviegoers from seeing "Killer Joe" at theaters this weekend? Maybe. The film, which stars Matthew McConaughey as a Dallas detective who also kills people for money, debuted in limited release this weekend and...
Tags: Matthew McConaughey, William Friedkin, NC-17 Rated Movies, Shame (movie), Entertainment
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MPAA: Director to recut 'Chained,' but asks why she needs to
24 Frames"Chained," Jennifer Lynch's serial-killer movie starring Vincent D'Onofrio, has been given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA. The director asks why....
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