Movie Mezzanine http://moviemezzanine.com Longform, Interviews, and Criticism Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:30:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.29 44322760 Top 5 Movies Based on True Stories http://moviemezzanine.com/top-5-movies-based-true-stories/ http://moviemezzanine.com/top-5-movies-based-true-stories/#comments Thu, 02 May 2019 00:13:56 +0000 http://moviemezzanine.com/?p=45569 Dragons, zombie walkers and mythical super heroes are all integral parts of successful modern films and TV shows. Despite the allure of these characters there is still nothing quite as gripping as a film based on a true story. Often truth is stranger than fiction and as audience members we love nothing more than watching […]

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]]> http://moviemezzanine.com/all-good-things/feed/ 4 45541 Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: “Kundun” http://moviemezzanine.com/kundun-podcast/ Sat, 25 Feb 2017 10:00:22 +0000 http://moviemezzanine.com/?p=45536 Hello, friends! It’s time for another new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, as Josh and Scott dive back into the extensive career of one of America’s finest filmmakers, Martin Scorsese. Though it was little-seen originally, Scorsese’s story of the young Dalai Lama, Kundun, is our topic for this week’s show. Josh and Scott are joined by […]

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]]> 45536 Now Playing: “The Girl With All The Gifts” http://moviemezzanine.com/now-playing-feb-24/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:00:28 +0000 http://moviemezzanine.com/?p=45533 I’ve grown tired of zombies. With The Walking Dead currently standing as AMC’s most watched show, the sub-genre has been tinkered with to death (un-death?) from straight retellings to comedic reinterpretations to zombified versions of already established properties (like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Afterlife with Archie). With undead fatigue having long set in, […]

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]]> 45533 Defanging the Unthinkable http://moviemezzanine.com/to-be-or-not-to-be-essay/ Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:00:23 +0000 http://moviemezzanine.com/?p=45525 It’s not easy to shock Mel Brooks, and even harder to offend him. But there is one place where he draws the line. In Ferne Pearlstein’s upcoming documentary The Last Laugh, which explores the impact of World War II and the Holocaust on Jewish comedy, Brooks is asked point blank if he could ever make […]

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]]> 45525 A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye http://moviemezzanine.com/logan-essay/ http://moviemezzanine.com/logan-essay/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:00:42 +0000 http://moviemezzanine.com/?p=45514 Few actors have stayed with their iconic roles as long as Hugh Jackman has with Wolverine. Even Sean Connery – whose reign as James Bond ranged from 1962 until 1983 – took a 12-year, Roger Moore-fused hiatus before the non-canon one-off, Never Say Never Again. But Jackman has grown into the part over the last […]

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]]> 45515 Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: “Pinocchio” http://moviemezzanine.com/pinocchio-podcast/ Sat, 18 Feb 2017 10:00:18 +0000 http://moviemezzanine.com/?p=45510 Hey, friends! We’re going back in time for this week’s episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, because Josh and Scott are revisiting yet another Disney classic for the show. This time around, to tie into its recent Blu-ray re-release, your hosts are talking about the 1940 animated classic Pinocchio, all the way from Jiminy Cricket to Monstro […]

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]]> 45510 The Ambivalent, Bittersweet “My Life as a Zucchini” http://moviemezzanine.com/my-life-as-a-zucchini-essay/ Fri, 17 Feb 2017 10:00:01 +0000 http://moviemezzanine.com/?p=45505 It seems like everyone loves Zootopia. Disney’s critter-city extravaganza appears to be on track to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, which stands to reason. It’s exactly the sort of story that Americans like to tell ourselves about ourselves: no matter who you are, if you work hard enough and believe in your dreams, […]

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]]> 45505 The Complex Morality of “No Country for Old Men” http://moviemezzanine.com/no-country-for-old-men-essay/ http://moviemezzanine.com/no-country-for-old-men-essay/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:00:53 +0000 http://moviemezzanine.com/?p=45499 When I first saw No Country for Old Men in theaters, I thought it was an immaculately crafted film but I couldn’t get past the queasy feeling that the Coen Brothers’ adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 novel was an immoral one. After all, the hero dies while evil triumphs and gets to walk away from […]

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