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Issue 7: The Year That Was

December 2013

Radical Honesty

Alina Simone·
Issue 7: The Year That Was
Frances Ha is about friendship, but it’s also about figuring out how to make a job out of doing what you love.
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Gravity | art by Brianna Ashby

I’m Floating in a Most Peculiar Way

Andrew Root·
Issue 7: The Year That Was
Gravity provoked in me the strongest sensation of panic that I’ve felt in twenty years.
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Fire, Fire, Everywhere

Gray Hendryx·
Issue 7: The Year That Was
Redford has always been a subtle actor, and All is Lost is his master class in the quiet reveal.
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After the Trigger Warning

Chris Cantoni·
Issue 7: The Year That Was
Short Term 12 is not an easy movie.
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Shadows of What May Be

Fran Hoepfner·
Issue 7: The Year That Was
Iron Man 3 is about ego and identity—becoming who you are meant to be rather than who you’re supposed to be.
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A Magical Ice Castle of One’s Own

Michelle Said·
Issue 7: The Year That Was
I kept turning Frozen over in my brain after watching it, trying to figure out why it had resonated with me so deeply.
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I Want to Believe

Taylor K. Long·
Issue 7: The Year That Was
Rodney Ascher, the director of Room 237, was attracted to the personalities reflected in each theory.
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Of a Thing Which Could Not Be Put Back

Evan Bryson·
Issue 7: The Year That Was
Our heroes in After Earth and Oblivion...were sober and sad, and wore mourning garb.
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BW/DR Staff Picks: The Best Films of 2013

Bright Wall/Dark Room·
Issue 7: The Year That Was
I decided to reach out to Bright Wall/Dark Room staff writers and contributors, and ask them what their favorite film(s) of the year were.
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