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Understanding Pay-To-Play Academics

Charles Ferguson | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Corruption, Compass Lexecon, Brattle Group, Conflict of Interest, Predator Nation, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Berkeley Research Group, Glenn Hubbard, Larry Summers, Criterion, Charles River Associates, Wall Street, Analysis Group, Financial Crisis, Academics, Pay to Play, Business News

Over the last thirty years, in parallel with deregulation and the rising power of money in American politics, significant portions of American academia have deteriorated into "pay to play" activities. No where is this more pronounced than in the realm of economics.

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On the Culture Front: Belle de Jour Comes to Blu-ray and Anthony Minghella's Madama Butterfly Returns to the Met

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Metropolitan Opera, Anthony Minghella, Madama Butterfly, Belle De Jour, Catherine Deneuve, Luis Bunuel, Blu-Ray, Criterion, NY Around Town, New York News

I never quite understood the thrill of Blu-ray until I watched Criterion's new release of Luis Bunuel's Belle de Jour.

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DVDs: Zombies Attack in The Walking Dead

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alan Ayckbourn, 127 Hours, Bambi, Zombies, Tv, Anne Hathaway, Movies, Animation, The Walking Dead, Four Lions, Jake Gyllenhaal, Criterion, Chris Morris, Documentary, Disney, Rachel McAdams, James Franco, Frank Darabont, Entertainment News

You just know AMC is kicking itself for only ordering six episodes. So while they and we wait for a longer season two to start in the fall, new fans can catch up with the first zombie series.

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DVDs: Birdemic -- The Worst Movie Of The Year?

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR ($29.98 BluRay and $24.98 regular DVD; Severin) -- Okay, enough blather about the best movies of the year. Let's talk abo...

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DVDs: Keep Your Eyes On The Prize and Superman (Not That One) And More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TV Shows, Public Schools, Eyes on the Prize, Waiting for Superman, Martin Luther King, Charter Schools, Woody Allen, The Twilight Zone, Documentaries, Dvds, Criterion, Civil Rights, Movies, Entertainment News

No matter how much you think you know about the civil rights battle, it's jaw-dropping to see the waves of violence and the angry mobs hurling epithets at little children trying to go to school in Eyes on the Prize.

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DVDs: The Forgotten Classic Middletown and the Great Allan King

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Allan King, Documentary, Eclipse, Middletown, Criterion, Peter Davies, Fall 2011 Film Releases, Fall 2011 Dvd Releases, Fall 2011 Movie Releases, Entertainment News

Two DVD sets that came out in the fall are exceptionally good and worth the time of any film/tv/documentary lover. One is a collection of movies by the late Canadian Allan King. The other is a forgotten TV classic.

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DVDs: Prime Suspect, Dueling Everlys, Disney and More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Big Bang Theory, Nathan Fillion, Delicatessen, Castle, TV Shows, Prime Suspect, Dvds, Movies, Helen Mirren, The Third Man, The Black Cauldron, Criterion, Everly Brothers, Disney, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Studio Canal, Glee, Fantomas, Entertainment News

No question about it, Detective Jane Tennison is one of the great TV characters of all time. And if you say "one of the great female TV characters," then you're little better than the casually sexist men she has to deal with.

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DVDs: "Twilight Zone," "Cuckoo's Nest," "Withnail" And More

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thriller, Boris Karloff, Beatles, Flight of the Conchords Video, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, George Harrison, Terry Giliam, Time Bandits, The Twilight Zone, Bob Hoskins, Withnail and I, The Long Good Friday, Jack Nicholson, Rod Serling, Emil Jannings, Josef Von Sternberg, Criterion, Entertainment News

THE TWILIGHT ZONE SEASON 1 ($99.98 on BluRay; Image/CBS) -- You don't need me to tell you about this show, do you? It's landmark television, one of ...

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On the Culture Front: Early Kurosawa Films From Criterion and Trust

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zach Braff, Bobby Cannevale, Paul Weitz, Sutton Foster, Theater, Dvd, Criterion, Akira Kurosawa, New York, New York News

A couple weeks ago, Criterion released a box set of four early films by Akira Kurosawa that have remained relatively unknown until now.

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DVDs: Latest Foyle, Best Alice, Last Station

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denzel Washignton, Michael Cera, Night Train to Munich, Criterion, Westerns, Carol Reed, Showgirls, Alice in Wonderland, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, Dvds, Foyle's War, Movie Trailer, Entertainment News

This week's post includes reviews of the BluRay versions of the gloriously bad camp classic Showgirls and John Ford's archetypical 1939 Western Stagecoach.

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Sixteen New DVDs You Must Check Out

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Where the Wild Things Are, Katharine Hepburn, Leo McCarey, Doctor Who, Dvds, Ponyo, Joe Berlinger, Reviews, Make Way for Tomorrow, James Mason, Criterion, Crude, T.a.M.I. Show, Maurice Sendak, James Brown, Miyazaki, Entertainment News

Here are 16 DVD releases that are the best of the best from the first four months of 2010. Rent them, buy them, stream them; do whatever you want. Just don't miss them.

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DVDs: Japanese Noir? Hai!

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Film Noir, The Office, Japanese Cinema, Women Directors, Criterion, Dvds, Alice Guy, Entertainment News

Movie and television reviews of DVDs, from little-known Japanese classics to The Office "Season Five."

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DVDs -- Celebrate Moon Landing With Little Known Classic For All Mankind

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wallace Shawn, Moon Landing, Andre Gregory, Criterion, Louis Malle, Alain Resnais, Dvds, Ingmar Bergman, Apollo, Entertainment News

Filmmaker Al Reinert breaks a lot of rules. He depicts an idealized journey from the earth to the moon, grabbing footage wherever he found it.

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DVDs: 21 -- The Latest Stealth Hit Movie

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poker, Dark Knight, Kevin Spacey, Batman, Criterion, Blackjack, Entertainment News

With The Dark Knight shredding one box office record after another, it's easy to forget that some movies can still slip under the radar, pile up money and turn into box office hits when no one is looking.

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