25 Great Extended Shots in Film History

By Mark Rozeman at 9:31 AM on May 1, 2013

From Hitchcock and Welles to Tarantino and Cuarón, here are some of the greatest examples of the long take in film history.  read more

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The 100 Best Movie Posters of the Past 100 Years

By Adam Vitcavage at 12:33 PM on February 7, 2012

Movie posters help sell tickets, but more importantly they can be considered art. Some posters reveal the exact plot of the movie while others highlight the stars of the movie. Some are even an abstract representation of a key moment in the film. We looked at the best poster for each year, which meant leaving off of some classics. Take a look through history.   read more

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17 Films That Were Originally Rated NC-17

By Adam Vitcavage at 9:46 AM on November 1, 2011

Last week Steve McQueen’s Shame received an NC-17, almost certainly ensuring that the film’s already limited release will be even more limited.  read more

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13 Great Musical Moments in Quentin Tarantino Movies

By Bo Moore at 8:53 AM on April 27, 2011

Continuing our trend of bringing you great musical moments from various directors’ careers (Wes Anderson, John Hughes, Alex Gibney), we shift to the man who’s brought us hours of gritty, gruesome action and drama: Quentin Tarantino....  read more

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The 15 Most Badass Heroines in Film

By Wyndham Wyeth at 10:00 AM on April 12, 2011

Women in pop fiction are often relegated to stereotypical, supporting roles. But we’re starting to see more and more strong female characters that challenge gender roles by refusing to sit in the corner and look pretty, electing instead to kick ass and take names....  read more

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The 30 Best Fight Scenes in Movie History

By Josh Jackson at 7:00 AM on December 2, 2009

I haven’t been in a fight since 10th grade (unless you count an attempted mugging in Kenya where I fended off some unarmed teenagers with a bag of water bottles), and I’d very much like to keep that streak alive. But at the heart of every good story is a struggle, and some times that struggle gets physical. We devoted a whole issue to exploring violence in the arts last year with philosophical nuance, but this list just celebrates a good fight. Sometimes it’s good vs. evil, sometimes it’s more complicated. We celebrate the underdog, the outnumbered and outsized finding...  read more

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Tarantino still planning to release uncut Kill Bill DVD

By Jeremy Medina at 5:24 PM on January 21, 2009

Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 were, respectively, pretty damn awesome in their own right, but it's hard not to wonder what it would've been like had Quentin Tarantino released them together, as he originally planned. ...  read more

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