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a devotee of motion pictures

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        • WALKING OUT: Bomer & Wiggins Commit To A Simplistic Script With Vast DepthWALKING OUT: Bomer & Wiggins Commit To A Simplistic Script With Vast DepthOctober 13, 2017
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          How Color Is The Key To Unlocking Netflix’s Subversive Cult Body-Horror Hit ‘The Perfection’

          January 24, 2022
        • ‘The Velvet Underground’ review: Music doc from Todd Haynes brilliantly reintroduces important counterculture voices to a new generation [Grade: A] (Mill Valley Film Festival)

          ‘The Velvet Underground’ review: Music doc from Todd Haynes brilliantly reintroduces important counterculture voices to a new generation [Grade: A] (Mill Valley Film Festival)

          January 24, 2022
        • Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]

          Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]

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        • Martin Scorsese’s timeless ‘Boxcar Bertha’ and the Marxist undertones of his often overlooked early classic [Retrospective]

          Martin Scorsese’s timeless ‘Boxcar Bertha’ and the Marxist undertones of his often overlooked early classic [Retrospective]

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        • Free Guy’s Marxist Parallels To John Carpenter’s They Live

          Free Guy’s Marxist Parallels To John Carpenter’s They Live

          January 24, 2022
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          ‘Entertainment right now can be sinister’: Jane Schoenbrun on ‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’

          May 30, 2022
        • Interstellar improv: Don Lake spills on the stars behind Netflix’s ‘Space Force’

          Interstellar improv: Don Lake spills on the stars behind Netflix’s ‘Space Force’

          May 30, 2022
        • Interview: Pamela Adlon on Bringing Out the Dead for the Final Season of Better Things

          Interview: Pamela Adlon on Bringing Out the Dead for the Final Season of Better Things

          May 30, 2022
        • Interview: Kristen Stewart on Channeling Princess Diana for Pablo Larraín’s Spencer

          Interview: Kristen Stewart on Channeling Princess Diana for Pablo Larraín’s Spencer

          May 30, 2022
        • Interview: Jane Campion on The Power of the Dog and the Myth of the American West

          Interview: Jane Campion on The Power of the Dog and the Myth of the American West

          May 30, 2022
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          12 Best Original Netflix Movies, Ranked

          January 24, 2022
        • Jurassic World: Why There Can Never Be Another Park

          Jurassic World: Why There Can Never Be Another Park

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        • 13 Scariest Scenes from The Haunting Series That Terrified Us on Netflix

          13 Scariest Scenes from The Haunting Series That Terrified Us on Netflix

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          November 19, 2018
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          The Berlinale 2017 Highlight Reel

          June 8, 2017
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          “DISCREET” Berlinale Interview

          June 8, 2017
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          Roasted Chicken Recipe (Trading Post, Cloverdale, CA)

          June 8, 2017
        • LA LA LAND takes field-leading 8 ACCA wins, including Best Picture and Best Director for Damien Chazelle

          LA LA LAND takes field-leading 8 ACCA wins, including Best Picture and Best Director for Damien Chazelle

          February 9, 2017
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          Patrick Brice on “The Creep Tapes” Season 3

          September 23, 2026
        • Emily Mkrtichian on New Artsakh Documentary, “There Was, There Was Not

          Emily Mkrtichian on New Artsakh Documentary, “There Was, There Was Not

          December 17, 2024
        • David Dastmalchian Discusses Career, “Late Night with the Devil,” Dream Collaborations, and More

          David Dastmalchian Discusses Career, “Late Night with the Devil,” Dream Collaborations, and More

          August 22, 2024
        • June Squibb and Josh Margolin Dish on “Thelma”

          June Squibb and Josh Margolin Dish on “Thelma”

          June 29, 2024
        • Boots Riley Talks ”I’m a Virgo,” ”Sorry to Bother You,” Oakland, Gaza, & Leftist Politics

          Boots Riley Talks ”I’m a Virgo,” ”Sorry to Bother You,” Oakland, Gaza, & Leftist Politics

          November 9, 2023
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About Alex Arabian

My name is Alex Arabian, and I am a freelance writer, film critic, and filmmaker. I possess an obsessive, endless, encyclopedic knowledge of film.

Berlinale Review: ‘Final Portrait’ Provides Perfect Perspicacity Into the Life of Swiss Artist Giacometti

Berlinale Review: ‘Final Portrait’ Provides Perfect Perspicacity Into the Life of Swiss Artist Giacometti

Feb 17, 2017

[Published on Awards Circuit] 2017 Berlin International Film Festival: Actor and filmmaker Stanley Tucci (“Big Night,” “The Lovely Bones”) undertakes...

Berlinale Review: ‘DISCREET’ Another Step Forward for Auteur Travis Mathews

Berlinale Review: ‘DISCREET’ Another Step Forward for Auteur Travis Mathews

Feb 12, 2017

“DISCREET” Berlinale Poster [Featured on Awards Circuit] 2017 Berlin International Film Festival: “DISCREET” follows the metaphysical journey of an emotionally compromised...

Berlinale Review: ‘T2 Trainspotting’ Deftly Balances Sentimentality With Sobering Substance

Berlinale Review: ‘T2 Trainspotting’ Deftly Balances Sentimentality With Sobering Substance

Feb 12, 2017

“T2 Trainspotting” U.K. Poster [Featured on Awards Circuit] 2017 Berlin International Film Festival: Danny Boyle‘s original “Trainspotting” was a seminal...

Berlinale Review: Steve Coogan’s Career-Best Performance Saves ‘The Dinner’ From Falling Apart

Berlinale Review: Steve Coogan’s Career-Best Performance Saves ‘The Dinner’ From Falling Apart

Feb 12, 2017

Oren Moverman [Featured on Awards Circuit] 2017 Berlin International Film Festival: Writer and director Oren Moverman is no stranger to intense...

Berlinale Review: ‘Vaya’ Offers Rare Glimpse of Life in Johannesburg

Berlinale Review: ‘Vaya’ Offers Rare Glimpse of Life in Johannesburg

Feb 10, 2017

My first published review from Berlin International Film Festival. Watch out come Oscar season for best foreign language picture for...

LA LA LAND takes field-leading 8 ACCA wins, including Best Picture and Best Director for Damien Chazelle

LA LA LAND takes field-leading 8 ACCA wins, including Best Picture and Best Director for Damien Chazelle

Feb 9, 2017

NEW YORK (February 7, 2017) – Awards Circuit announced today its winners for the 2016 Awards Circuit Community Awards. The awards...

EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation With Val Kilmer: The ‘Cinema Twain’ Voyage

EXCLUSIVE: A Conversation With Val Kilmer: The ‘Cinema Twain’ Voyage

Feb 9, 2017

Check out my Awards Circuit exclusive interview with Val Kilmer! http://www.awardscircuit.com/2017/02/08/exclusive-a-conversation-with-val-kilmer-the-cinema-twain-voyage/ Stay tuned for more awesome content!

LA LA LAND takes field-leading 15 ACCA nominations. JACKIE and ARRIVAL tie with 10 nominations

LA LA LAND takes field-leading 15 ACCA nominations. JACKIE and ARRIVAL tie with 10 nominations

Feb 1, 2017

NEW YORK (January 23, 2017) – Awards Circuit announced today its nominees for the 2016 Awards Circuit Community Awards. The...

Making a Cinephile: My Conversation With Val: The Cinema Twain Voyage

Making a Cinephile: My Conversation With Val: The Cinema Twain Voyage

Feb 1, 2017

On the night of December 22, 2016, inside the intimate setting of the historical Clay Theater in San Francisco, Val...

Berlin Film Festival, Here I Come!

Berlin Film Festival, Here I Come!

Jan 30, 2017
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