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Interview: Mateo Gil discusses Blackthorn

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Bolivia, Sam Shepard, Spanish Cinema, Agora, Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes), Blackthorn, Marshall Fine Interview, Sundance Kid, Marshall Fine, Butch Cassidy, Westerns, Pedro Almodovar, Mateo Gil Interview, Mateo Gil, The Sea Inside, Spain, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

To writer-director Mateo Gil, the western is the essence of the movies. Which is why his film Blackthorn is, in his words, "a very personal statement....

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2010 in Review: Good Movies You Missed

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frozen, Splice, Four Lions, Agora, Waking Sleeping Beauty, Daybreakers, Year End - 2010, Devil, Chloe, Disney, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Let us continue our look back at the year in film with a token acknowledgement of eleven good if-not great films that flew by the radar without much acknowledgment from audiences and/or the critical community.

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Ashes From Burning Libraries

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alexandrian Library, Fundamentalism, Hypatia, Knowledge, Fanaticism, Books, Agora, Book Burning, Entertainment News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

Agora's title names its true core. Agora means "marketplace", but it had a more specific meaning in older Greek: it was the place where people met to discuss ideas.

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Philosopher Hypatia: An Inspiration for the Ages

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Freedom, Leadership, Hypatia, Liberty, American Liberty, Agora, The Giving Life, U.S. Leadership, American Freedom, Healthy Living News
Alex Pattakos

Even freedom of thought, as Hypatia tragically found out, is sometimes difficult to exercise. Striking a balance between freedom and responsibility is no easy task.

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HuffPost Interview: Rachel Weisz and Agora

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Lovely Bones, Rachel Weisz Interview, Agora, Galileo, The Brothers Bloom, Defintely Maybe, Jim Sheridan, Marshall Fine Interview, Darren Aronofsky, Fred Claus, Alejandro Amenabar, Copernicus, The Sea Inside, Heliocentric Theory, Daniel Craig, Hypatia, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Agora, a film by Alejandro Amenabar, captures a moment of upheaval in the world of Hypatia -- an astronomer and mathematician played by Rachel Weisz.

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Interview with Rachel Weisz

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darren Aronofsky, Sex and the City 2, Rachel Weisz, Agora, Home News
Melissa Silverstein

Rachel Weisz opens in Agora today (in limited release) and for those of you in NYC not interested in dealing with the masses at Sex & the City 2 this ...

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Cannes Buzz: Which Film Will Win?

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ang Lee, Marco Bellochio, Agora, Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Lars Von Trier, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Cannes, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

All charismatic, powerful men ruthlessly destroy other people's lives as they cheer on "Vincere!"

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Rachel Weisz Shines On Cannes Red Carpet (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rachel Weisz, Film, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, Agora, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Entertainment News

Rachel Weisz glowed in green on the Cannes red carpet at the premiere of her new epic "Agora." Read details about the film here. She costars with M...

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Weisz And Amenabar Preach Enlightenment With Ancient Epic 'Agora'

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Max Minghella, Rachel Weisz, Film, Cannes, Agora, Alejandro Amenabar, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Entertainment News

CANNES, France — Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenabar traveled back to ancient times to tell a modern story about a progressive woman st...

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