We Just Really Love This Episode of ‘Community’

“#We Just Really Love This Episode of ‘Community’” This essay is part of our series Episodes, a bi-weekly column in which senior contributor Valerie Ettenhofer digs into the singular chapters of television that make the medium great. Some TV shows have just one or two standout episodes. Community has dozens. The whip-smart meta-sitcom about a group of community…

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We Just Really Love This Episode of ‘Community’

“#We Just Really Love This Episode of ‘Community’” This essay is part of our series Episodes, a bi-weekly column in which senior contributor Valerie Ettenhofer digs into the singular chapters of television that make the medium great. Some TV shows have just one or two standout episodes. Community has dozens. The whip-smart meta-sitcom about a group of community…

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America’s Early Movie Theater Alternatives

“#America’s Early Movie Theater Alternatives” This is part of our series Origin Stories, a biweekly column that uses film history to understand the hot topics of today.  As much as we would love to be sitting in a dark theater eating buttery popcorn and watching thirty minutes of trailers, that’s just not possible right now. Sometimes…

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#Watch ‘Uncut Gems,’ Then Watch These Movies

“Watch ‘Uncut Gems,’ Then Watch These Movies” Welcome to Movie DNA, a column that recognizes the direct and indirect cinematic roots of new movies. Learn some film history, become a more well-rounded viewer, and enjoy likeminded works of the past. Josh and Benny Safdie‘s Uncut Gems has been a long time coming, both in its many…

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#‘The Savage Bees’ Will Give You a Buzz

“‘The Savage Bees’ Will Give You a Buzz” Welcome to 4:3 & Forgotten — a weekly column in which Rob Hunter and I get to look back at TV terrors that scared adults (and the kids they let watch) across the limited airwaves of the ’70s. In times of widespread panic, you can always rely on horror movies…

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#A Few Bad Men Display ‘Conduct Unbecoming’

“A Few Bad Men Display ‘Conduct Unbecoming’” Welcome to The Prime Sublime, a weekly column dedicated to the underseen and underloved films buried beneath page after page of far more popular fare on Amazon’s Prime Video collection. We’re not just cherry-picking obscure titles, though, as these are movies that we find beautiful in their own, often…

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