#‘The Vow’ Reframes the Narrative About Cults

#‘The Vow’ Reframes the Narrative About Cults

“#‘The Vow’ Reframes the Narrative About Cults” Welcome to Up Next, a column that gives you the rundown on the latest TV. This week, Valerie Ettenhofer takes a look at HBO’s new NXIVM docuseries, The Vow. HBO’s The Vow tells the story of the rise and fall of NXIVM, a modern-day American cult. With its affluent trappings,…

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#31 Things We Learned from John Boorman’s ‘Deliverance’ Commentary

#31 Things We Learned from John Boorman’s ‘Deliverance’ Commentary

“#31 Things We Learned from John Boorman’s ‘Deliverance’ Commentary” Welcome to Commentary Commentary, where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts. In this edition, Rob Hunter travels to the backwoods of Georgia for John Boorman’s Deliverance commentary track. Deliverance is one of those ’70s films that feels…

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#The Fruitful Failure of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ Sequel

#The Fruitful Failure of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ Sequel

“#The Fruitful Failure of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ Sequel” Home Columns Movies Meg Shields August 24, 2020 Steven Spielberg’s ‘Night Skies’ was never made, but what audiences wound up getting instead was much better. Welcome to The Queue — your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web….

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#The Ending of ‘The Sopranos’ Explained

#The Ending of ‘The Sopranos’ Explained

“#The Ending of ‘The Sopranos’ Explained” Ending Explained is our recurring series exploring the final moments of movies and shows, both new and old. In this entry, we dig into the Sopranos ending and try to make sense of that shocking cut to black. In 1999, David Chase changed television forever when he introduced us…

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