This Week In Trailers: My Darling Supermarket, Night Of The Kings, Meltdown, The Head, Amend: The Fight For America

By Christopher Stipp February 9th, 2021

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week,…

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HDTGM: A Conversation With Jeremiah Chechik, Director Of The Avengers

By Blake Harris May 27th, 2016

In June 1987, in an interview for The New York Times, Stanley Kubrick spoke glowingly about a series of Michelob beer commercials. “They're just boy-girl, night-fun,” Kubrick praised, “leading up to pouring the beer, all in 30 seconds, beautifully edited and photographed. Economy of statement is not something that films are noted for.'' That piece…

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