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Intrusive Thoughts

Why I Oscarpalooza

January 21, 2015

There are reasons to care about the Oscars, and some of them are even good!

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A Raspberry to the Razzies

January 14, 2015

The Razzies aren't clever, and they aren't even all that aware of film.

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Screw You, Russell Crowe

January 7, 2015

The problem in Hollywood is not that women aren't willing to play characters their own age and never has been.

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No Top Ten

December 31, 2014

Why I've never done top ten lists.

In Memoriam

Luise Rainer: A Contemplation

December 31, 2014

The first Magpies obituary for one of the longest-lived Oscar winners.

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Cough of Death

December 17, 2014

It is possible to cough without having an incurable disease. Unless you're in the movies.

Seventy-Five Years of Spectacle

December 15, 2014

One of Hollywood's great spectacles even if there are excellent reasons for not liking it.

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Home and Not Home

December 3, 2014

The problem with being from Los Angeles is the existence of Mythic Los Angeles.

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Film and the Normalization of Happy Families

November 26, 2014

Connecting with your family of origin is not always a happy ending.

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The War to Inspire No War Movies

November 12, 2014

World War I has left surprisingly little of itself in pop culture.

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He Talked Just . . . Like . . . This!

October 29, 2014

There's just something about children's movies that scares the heck out of, you know, children.

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Macaroni and Cheese for the Soul

October 22, 2014

Comfort movies are just as real and just as valid as comfort food.