• This Week In Trailers: Film Threat Sucks, Gringo: The Dangerous Life Of John McAfee, Gimme Danger, Dogs, Don't Kill It, Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing

    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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  • This Week In Trailers: Lucha Mexico, The Daughter, In My Father's House, Race, Felled

    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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  • 'Knuckleball!' Trailer: A Documentary On Baseball's Most Elusive Pitch

    Speed and accuracy are generally considered to be the two most important skills while pitching. If a guy can clock in the 90s on the radar gun or paint the corner of the strike zone, he's likely to be a millionaire. However, in Major League Baseball, two pitchers remain mostly unaware of where their pitches…

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  • Spontaneous Sundance Interviews: Director Ricki Stern, Film Critic Peter Travers

    Today on Dave's random Sundance encounters: I talk with the director of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, about why she chose Joan Rivers as a documentary subject. I also bumped into /Film fan and Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers about why /Film ruins the moviegoing experience. Here's director Ricki Stern, whose film about Joan…

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