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Since a few folks have asked where/when they can see Mississippi Grind, it’s in New York now and will be expanding around the country soon: http://mississippigrind-movie.com/ticketing/ Read more

If you mean M:I 5, here ya go....
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It’s just over two hours. His shortest since “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”!
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For our purposes, shorts didn’t count, but I love “World of Tomorrow.” http://www.indiewire.com/survey/the-bes… Read more

Technically, “Cartel Land” came out in July, so it didn’t count, but I’m a big fan. Still need to see “Buzzard” and “Hard to Be a God.” “Duke of Burgundy” just missed my list.
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It’s in the movie, too. Also, “Always Returning,” “Here Come the Warm Jets,” “Golden Hours,” “On Some Faraway Beach” ... just a ton of Eno in there.
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No, but I really am curious to check it out. Read more

Yeah, that's what I was meaning: She's much more of a star in terms of box office and "America's Sweetheart" status. (But considering that Witherspoon has won an Oscar, the Academy must think she's a pretty decent actress, too.) Read more

True, I just meant that, often, voters will go with a movie that reflects their values or speaks to an issue they agree with: The Fog of War, Citizenfour, Inside Job, The Cove. (Of course, there's the other side of the coin, when they go for something heartwarming/inspirational: Searching for Sugar Man, Undefeated, Twe… Read more

Hear hear: They're both great in that. (I also think Reynolds is good in Buried and The Voices, which opens next month.) Read more

Every time I've ever looked in a hand mirror I've thought of the moment when Blanch figures out that looking down into a mirror makes her look old and wrinkled and has a total meltdown. Read more

It is brought up in conversation. Certainly not a major focus of Selma, but the movie doesn't ignore it. Read more

Yes, you're right: My brain short-circuited there. Thanks for spotting that. Read more

Oh, that's definitely true. I just mean that I think they're even more melancholy from Punch-Drunk Love on. Read more

God, I wish. Read more

For whatever reason, he's actually going by "Alejandro G. Iñárritu" for this film. Not sure why that's changed. Read more

Thankfully, they don't do that in the film: Hendrix plays covers or just jams. (Really, there's just about no live music in the movie.) Read more

For what it's worth, the scene with the gun and Bible actually happened to Linklater as a teen. Read more

Fear not: There's much Maurice in it. Read more