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Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Issue 50: Survival Kit
It’s vital that we continually seek out the people, places, and things which can fill us back up. And for me, like so many of you, movies will always be one of those places.
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BW/DR Staff Picks: The Best Films of 2016

Bright Wall/Dark Room·
Issue 43: Best of 2016
The staff of BW/DR list their favorite films from 2017.
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Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Issue 41: Margaret
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Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret, a true masterpiece of the new millennium, is an utterly unique, stubbornly sprawling, fiercely compassionate film that attempts nothing less than to capture an entire world within its three hours.
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Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Issue 37: Steven Spielberg
When I first saw Raiders of the Lost Ark as a kid, I didn’t know a thing about tracking shots, composition, or visual framing—I only knew I wanted this film in my brain forever.
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Letter from an Editor

Lauren Wilford·
Issue 36: Identity
When we look at the images gliding across the screen, mirror-like, we see human figures and we look for our selves in them.
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Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Issue 35: Sci-Fi
In which we say hello to science fiction & wish a fond farewell to one of our beloved editor
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Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Mad Men: The Final Season
Mad Men | illustration by Brianna Ashby
This month, we're devoting all of our pages to the small screen, focusing on a single show that, over the course of its seven seasons, has proven itself to be one of the most intelligent, layered, compelling, and engaging stories ever told, on any screen.
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Letter from an Editor

Andrew Root·
Issue 34: LGBTQ
We lose nothing from a fuller representation of what it means to be human; we gain everything from a more empathetic understanding of our friends.
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Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Issue 33: The Coen Brothers
The Coen Brothers, who have been making movies for over thirty years now, are master craftsman; say what you will about the many films they’ve made, but each has an unmistakable, distinctive authorial beat.
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Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Issue 32: The Unloved
Loving a mostly unloved thing is one of the quieter joys of movie fandom.
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BW/DR Staff Picks: The Best Films of 2015

Bright Wall/Dark Room·
Issue 31: Reflections on 2015
Our editorial staff and regular contributors on the movies they liked most in 2015.
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Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Issue 30: Alfred Hitchcock
A movie lover always remembers their first Hitchcock.
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