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Salinger Documentary to Become a Scripted Feature Film

Less-than-stellar reviews of the recent documentary exploring the life of The Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger haven’t stopped Harvey Weinstein from plans to turn it into a scripted...

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Miley Cyrus, Marketing Genius

Today brings another announcement in the long news cycle seemingly dominated by Miley Cyrus—don’t pretend you’re surprised. It’s been about three weeks since her performance at the MTV Video Music...

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The Inspiring Story of Afghanistan’s First Independent TV Network

As an Oscar-winning producer of the 2007 documentary Taxi to the Dark Side, Eva Orner had a role in shedding more light on the torture that went on in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. But when it...

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Watch: The Performance That Influenced a Young Miley Cyrus

In August, when Miley Cyrus performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, her performance made headlines for being taking basic-cable raunch to a new level. But, Cyrus as reveals in the documentary Miley:...

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Depictions of Violence in Documentaries: How Much is Too Much?

They are questions that weigh heavily on the minds of photojournalists: To what degree are images of violence necessary to tell a story? And to what degree should they be hidden for the sake of decency...

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What’s So Special About Calvin and Hobbes?

The question of the special charm of Calvin and Hobbes will be, for many of the iconic comic strip’s fans, not a question at all. The boy and his tiger were only a comics-page presence for one short...

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How to Watch Every Oscar-Shortlisted Documentary

For most Academy Awards categories, contenders will include world-famous names and titles, but that’s not always the case. In the documentary category — the shortlist for which was released on Monday —...

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A 14-Year-Old Girl Sailed Around the World — And She Brought a Camera

You may remember this news story from about five years ago: a 13-year-old Dutch girl, Laura Dekker, wanted to sail around the world on her own. Her family had a deep connection to boats and the sea —...

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20,000 Days on Earth: Nick Cave “Documentary” at Sundance

Premiering January 20 at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, 20,000 Days on Earth is a documentary-fiction hybrid feature portraying a fictionalized day in the life of Nick Cave, the...

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This Guy Figured Out How to Paint Like a Dutch Master — And You Can, Too

Okay, so it’s not just any random guy. Tim Jenison was an important early innovator in the digital video space and, as detailed in the new documentary Tim’s Vermeer (in theaters Jan. 31), he invested...

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Real People Read Their Old Diaries Aloud, and There’s a Documentary About Them

Here’s something from a horrific nightmare: You find yourself on stage in front of a room full of strangers, reading excerpts from your middle school diary out loud — and then that performance becomes...

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Elaine Stritch Is In the Market for a Good New Play

Legendary performer Elaine Stritch — whose career has included everything from acclaimed stage appearances to the role of Jack’s mom on 30 Rock — decamped from New York and public life, for Michigan,...

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Calvin and Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson Reveals First Cartoon in Almost 20...

Calvin and Hobbes fans, rejoice! Bill Watterson, the creator of the beloved comic strip, which ended in 1995, has debuted his first cartoon in nearly 20 years — in the form of the cover art for the...

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Saving Cinema, One Frame at a Time

This year’s nominees for Best Picture are hard to ignore, with all the clips and interviews and speculation about who will win.  But what about the greatest movies from three years ago?  What about the...

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Harmontown and The Cult of Dan Harmon

It’s been a tumultuous ride for Dan Harmon fans, but things have steadily been looking up. Not only has Harmon returned to helm Community, the show he was sacked from in 2012 — but on March 8 at SXSW,...

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