It’s a dead zone at the movies this week. Hollywood’s annual exorcism film, The Devil Inside, is the only real new movie release. Like we said, a dead zone.
Starting this week, we’ll be trolling Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant …
The Best DVD of the Year: Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema
A quarter-century after the French director began it, his grand film essay on movies is finally available in America
Take a Video Tour Through the Real Downton Abbey
“This isn’t just a film set — it’s also our home” says Fiona Carnarvon, the countess of Highclere Castle, also known as Downton Abbey.
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Top 10 Memorable Movie Eating Scenes
From ‘9 1/2 Weeks’ to a 96-ounce hunk of beef, here’s a full menu of scenes we find cinematically delicious
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TV Tonight: Portlandia Returns… And They Have a Plan!
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Tonight on IFC, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s artisanal small-batch sketch comedy, Portlandia, …
Downton Abbey Returns to America: Writer Julian Fellowes Tells All
During the first season of Downton Abbey, the aristocratic Crawley family and their busybody servants endured a succession crisis and the death of a Turkish houseguest. But during the second season they face an even greater …
Eight Highlights From Kanye West’s Epic Twitter Outburst
Downton Abbey Character Quiz
Are you hardworking, dignified or nothing more than one of the last remaining members of a decaying British aristocratic family? This PBS quiz will help you find out.
Training the Horses in Steven Spielberg’s War Horse
War Horse is the story of the unbreakable bond between a young man and his horse. But it’s set during one of the darkest, most violent periods in human history: World War I. Joey the horse charges in battle, pulls cannons up a …
The Cure for the Ailing Movie Business Is To … Raise Ticket Prices?
Last year was a bad one for the movie business, with the fewest tickets sold since 1995and revenues that dropped 4.5% from the previous year. Analysts foresee a better year ahead in 2012, and what is it that’s expected to turn …
In Praise of Film Critic J. Hoberman
It’s the end of an era for alt-weekly The Village Voice—and the perfect moment to celebrate a great career.
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TCA Roundup: Critics Migrate Back to Pasadena, Romney Battles Big Bird
The Television Critics Association press tour got under way in Pasadena yesterday, kicking off nearly two weeks of presentations from broadcast and cable networks about their upcoming midseason shows. I’m not going this year—what? and leave Brooklyn in January?—but I’ll be reblogging highlights from the coverage of my various …
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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before: Olbermann At Odds With His Network
It seems like barely a year ago, because it was, that Keith Olbermann left MSNBC after a series of feuds with management involving everything from political donations to behind-the-scenes personality clashes. Olbermann quickly …