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Issue 1: Beginnings

June 2013

Foreword

Chad Perman·
Issue 1: Beginnings
Bright Wall/Dark Room was initially founded on the floor of my living room in the summer of 2009, as I was counting down the days until the birth of my second child.
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Ring of Fire

Karina Wolf·
Issue 1: Beginnings
Perhaps most central to The Place Beyond The Pines is the feeling of compulsion: that each man falls neatly into a dilemma that will undo him.
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I Won’t Have My Heart Broken

Erica Cantoni·
Issue 1: Beginnings
I want to line up every character in Mad Men and demand that they tell me how to be satisfied, or how to live your whole life without satisfaction.
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I Wish I’d Stayed, Too.

Chad Perman·
Issue 1: Beginnings
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a puzzle of a film, a fantastic Rubik’s Cube of memory, love, loss, and regret.
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A Speculative Wes Anderson Filmography (2014-2065)

Andy Sturdevant·
Issue 1: Beginnings
“I read this article that said all the Italian workers at Cinecitta are saying, like, ‘He’s the Maestro, he’s Fellini, come back to life!’”
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Who Are You?

Elizabeth Cantwell·
Issue 1: Beginnings
Lost Highway is no exception to Lynch’s disregard for linear and/or comprehensible story lines. And yet it solicits more curiosity than frustration.
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Define Sex & Then Define City

Sam Donsky·
Issue 1: Beginnings
Sex and the City 2
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Isn’t Life Disappointing?

Michelle Said·
Issue 1: Beginnings
Yet with Tokyo Story, I didn’t cry—I didn’t even get misty. Instead I laid awake that night, eyes wide, deep in thought.
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In Defense of Dead Poets Society

Christopher Cantwell·
Issue 1: Beginnings
Last night at 11:30, I turned on the TV and Dead Poets Society was just starting. I ended up watching it all the way through, until 2 a.m.
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An Interview with Kevin McCallister on the Anniversary of His Abandonment

Bebe Ballroom·
Issue 1: Beginnings
It is December of 2012, the 22nd anniversary of “The Home Alone Kid.”
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These Things Matter

Brianna Ashby·
Issue 1: Beginnings
You will find...a pouch containing the ticket stubs from all of the concerts my husband and I have seen together, as well as the ticket stubs from all of the movies.
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