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HuffPost Interview: David Robert Mitchell, Director of 'Myth of the American Sleepover'

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.20.2011 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

Yes, "American Graffiti" was an influence on his movie, "The Myth of the American Sleepover," David Robert Mitchell says. But that wasn't the movie he wanted to make. And he hasn't.

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HuffPost Review: Take Me Home Tonight

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Angie Everhart, Miami Vice, Sixteen Candles, Dan Fogler, The Hangover, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Anna Faris, American Graffiti, Movies, Sam Kinison, Take Me Home Tonight Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, That 70s Show, Topher Grace, Take Me Home Tonight, Mtv, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

How long is it going to take for filmmakers to understand that movies about teenagers set in past decades are not intrinsically funny just because of the cheesy fashions and music of the era?

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BLOG WATCH> Graffiti Artist Pose On Curated

curatedmag.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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Artist Driven with Pose | Los Angeles from LRG on Vimeo. Back in January, I noted Chicago-based graffiti artist Pose and his work for LRG. As follow ...

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The Best Original Movie Scores By Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Dr. Zhivago, Goldfinger, The Bad and the Ugly, Henry Mancini, Pulp Fiction, Movie, Moviemaking, Breakfast at Tiffany's, John Barry, A Man and a Woman, Miklos Rozsa, Maurice Jarre, Bernard Herrmann, Son of a Preacher Man, David Raksin, The Good, Burt Bacharach, Movie Music, Nino Rota, Michel Legrand, Lawrence of Arabia, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Stuck in the Middle With You, The Magnificent Seven, Best Original Score, The Pink Panther, Elmer Bernstein, Gone With the Wind, The Thomas Crown Affair, Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone, Bob Dylan, Film Scores, Reservoir Dogs, American Graffiti, Max Steiner, Eric Wolfgang Korngold, James Bond, The Godfather, Movie Soundtracks, Dusty Springfield, Quentin Tarantino, The Godfather Part 2, Laura, Entertainment News
John Farr

Surveying the historical span of filmmaking, the use of original music appears more prevalent from the dawn of sound through the 1970s -- or perhaps it's just that the scores themselves were more memorable over this period.

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McCain & the Missiles of October

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Robert S. McElvaine

Many voters are attracted to McCain's quick, "don't look back" decision-making and fancy that he will keep them secure. But would he? The experience of October 1962 strongly suggests otherwise.

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