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The Year in Film: 2012′s Biggest Movie Controversies

By Jason Bailey on

In perusing this year’s biggest movie controversies, we found ourselves discussing matters a good deal less trivial than last year. Make no mistake, there are some tempest-in-teapot situations here: ratings woes, questions of reappropriation and hagiography, and (god help us all) frame rates. But we also grappled with issues of artistic responsibility and racial representation, and with the ongoing question of the very health of the form itself. Join us after the jump for a stroll through the year’s memorable movie controversies, won’t you? … Read More

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Chronic Flicks: Lymelife Out Next Month

By Leah Taylor on

The brothers Martini (that would be Derick and Steven) release their semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film, Lymelife, into wide release next month, after having garnered some rave reviews out of the Toronto Int’l Film Fest, as well as Sundance. We might be a little late to the game, but we just watched the trailer, and now we’re stoked, too. Besides featuring Jack Donaghy, and not one but two Culkin brothers — set in the ’70s; awesome wardrobe alert — the flick portrays two families struggling through a local Lyme disease outbreak; this is one serious malady due its silver-screen moment. … Read More