#“Mud Bowl” is One of the Sweetest ‘Friday Night Lights’ Victories

#“Mud Bowl” is One of the Sweetest ‘Friday Night Lights’ Victories

“#“Mud Bowl” is One of the Sweetest ‘Friday Night Lights’ Victories” 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. This entry looks at a highlight of Friday Night Lights’ near-perfect first season: “Mud Bowl.” When one…

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#TCM’s Alicia Malone Talks ‘Women Make Film’ and the Importance of Contextualizing Classic Hollywood

“#TCM’s Alicia Malone Talks ‘Women Make Film’ and the Importance of Contextualizing Classic Hollywood” For years, Alicia Malone has been talking film and film history like every cinephile dreams about doing. She interviews celebrities on Criterion Channel’s “Adventures in Moving Going.” She’s chatted with filmmakers and stars on the Academy Awards red carpet. What you…

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#Michael Watson Relies on Horsepower to Shoot ‘Lovecraft Country’

#Michael Watson Relies on Horsepower to Shoot ‘Lovecraft Country’

“#Michael Watson Relies on Horsepower to Shoot ‘Lovecraft Country’” Welcome to World Builders, our ongoing series of conversations with the most productive and thoughtful behind-the-scenes craftspeople in the industry. In this entry, we chat with cinematographer Michael Watson about balancing the unreal with the very real horrors of Lovecraft Country. You don’t have time to…

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#Reliving the Toughest Episode of ‘The Sopranos’

#Reliving the Toughest Episode of ‘The Sopranos’

“#Reliving the Toughest Episode of ‘The Sopranos’” 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. This entry looks at one of The Sopranos’ darkest chapters, “Employee of the Month.” For six seasons, David Chase’s The Sopranos…

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