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MANERISMS #82: ONCE YOU GO GRAY, THAT’S HOW YOU’LL STAY, OLDTIMER.
sometimes i wish i could have a permanent light source hover over my head constantly, because in certain lighting, my gray hair looks blonde. then i remember it’s just gray. I have gray hair at 22, and...
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MAIN STREAMING: THE IDES OF MARCH
The blatant Oscar-grab that is The Ides of March proves a lot more subversive than it originally puts on. Director George Clooney and his hyper-realistic technique leaves you uneasy long after you...
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THE OTHER HALF: DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL
An important thing I learned in film school had nothing to do with film. My Hitchcock professor brought our discussion about the relationship between Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window to...
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INTERVIEW: BEN AFFLECK
The return of Boston’s Prodigal Son ”This would be the worst movie ever made if it weren’t true.” Those are Cambridge-native Ben Affleck’s words about his most recent film Argo. The same could be said...
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SEX ADVICE FROM ENGLISH MAJORS: TO SEND OR NOT TO SEND (NAKED PHOTOS)
KEN and ARIEL are unemployed bloggers with degrees in English Lit. Naturally, they dispense sex and relationship advice. Dear Ken & Ariel: At what point in the online relationship is it okay to...
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ADAPTATION NATION: O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE MOVIE! The movie’s based on the Greek classic The Odyssey, which is about a man named Odysseus who, after leading his men to victory against the Trojans, spends...
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REVIEW: 2013 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, DAYS 4 – 6
The mid-week slate for TIFF may still be thick with excellent showings, but the wallets are already coming out. With Harvey Weinstein waddling around town placing one offer after another, including for...
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EARTH PRIME TIME: BABYLON CONFIDENTIAL WITH CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN (PART ONE)
Actress Claudia Christian (Babylon 5, The Hidden, Clean and Sober) joins us to talk about her tell-all book about Hollywood, a new way of coping with an alcohol addiction, and more in Babylon...
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EARTH PRIME TIME: BABYLON CONFIDENTIAL WITH CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN (PART TWO)
Actress Claudia Christian (Babylon 5, The Hidden, Clean and Sober) joins us to talk about her tell-all book about Hollywood, a new way of coping with an alcohol addiction, and more in Babylon...
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STREAMS: NAMIN’ NAMES
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (iTunes, Amazon) Ahead of Coolidge’s Monday night screening of On the Waterfront—Elia Kazan’s apologia for “naming names”—here are two films to set the McCarthy mood. First up...
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MEDIA FARM: POPES, PRAYER RUGS, AND HARRY POTTER’S POTATOES
SHALLOW BE THY NAME We assume the Boston Globe is launching its long-anticipated Pope-tastic web altar next month to serve the remaining Catholic octogenarians in Eastern Mass who are online and...
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