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The Moving Arts Film Journal

November 2012

3 articles

Drama

Sound of My Voice (2012)

Sound of My Voice (2012)

Sometimes, maybe most of the time, ambiguous endings are cop-outs. The crime isn’t in subverting audience expectations—who wants movies without surprises?—but in betraying the stories themselves....

Nov 30, 2012 / Scott Armstrong
Features

2012 Beneath the Earth Film Fest opens, selects TMA critic as Grand Juror

2012 Beneath the Earth Film Fest opens, selects TMA critic as Grand Juror

The 2012 Beneath the Earth Film Festival kicked off with an international selection of independent films Thursday. This year’s official selection, which includes films from the US, Taiwan, Germany...

Nov 6, 2012 / Staff
Drama

The Master (2012)

The Master (2012)

Paul Thomas Anderson has a taste for the epic. It was always there, from the sprawling spectacle of “Boogie Nights” (1997) to the experimental spider web narrative of “Magnolia” (1999) and the...

Nov 5, 2012 / Eric M. Armstrong
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