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<i>Lore</i> review

Lore review

*I wrote this review of Lore back in October 2012 after it screened in the Philadelphia Film Festival. It is my pleasure to see it get properly distributed.* The credits rolled and I was overjoyed to [...]

Oscar Predictions and Results UPDATED

Oscar Predictions and Results UPDATED

UPDATE: Cinedelphia contributor John Dorman shares the results… Argo might have won Best Picture, but Life of Pie won the most awards with four, including the only real shock of the night in Ang Lee winning [...]

LUCAS MANGUM’S HORROR CORNER: JAN 6-12, 2013

LUCAS MANGUM’S HORROR CORNER: JAN 6-12, 2013

Lucas Mangum’s Horror Corner is a weekly roundup of recent horror-related posts from around the web; a handy guide to the notable horror happenings of the past week.  Enjoy… *** Fans of Herschell Gordon-Lewis received quite [...]

LUCAS MANGUM’S HORROR CORNER: DEC 31 – JAN 5, 2013

LUCAS MANGUM’S HORROR CORNER: DEC 31 – JAN 5, 2013

Lucas Mangum’s Horror Corner is a weekly roundup of recent horror-related posts from around the web; a handy guide to the notable horror happenings of the past week.  Enjoy… *** Shock till You Drop showed us [...]

Top 10′s of 2012

Top 10′s of 2012

Top 10 lists are ridiculous, we all know that so there’s no reason to dwell on that fact.  Some people take them more seriously than others, I personally find them equally fun and frustrating.  There are [...]

LUCAS MANGUM’S HORROR CORNER: DECEMBER 2-8, 2012

LUCAS MANGUM’S HORROR CORNER: DECEMBER 2-8, 2012

Lucas Mangum’s Horror Corner is a weekly roundup of recent horror-related posts from around the web; a handy guide to the notable horror happenings of the past week.  Enjoy… *** Not showing any signs of slowing [...]

Viva Video! The Last Picture Store

Viva Video! The Last Picture Store

From the ashes of Bryn Mawr’s TLA Video location comes Ardmore’s Viva Video! The Last Picture Store courtesy of former TLA assistant manager/product buyer/13-year employee Miguel Gomez.  Aside from a new name and location (just a [...]

WITHOUT A SCREEN : History’s Dream

WITHOUT A SCREEN : History’s Dream

Joe Wright’s recent screen adaptation of Anna Karenina is a creature of uncommon grace. It bears unique qualities of material and visual craft, tonality, and expression, all presented in the extreme. Wright presents a breathless continuity [...]

LUCAS MANGUM’S HORROR CORNER: NOVEMBER 18-24, 2012

LUCAS MANGUM’S HORROR CORNER: NOVEMBER 18-24, 2012

Lucas Mangum’s Horror Corner is a weekly roundup of recent horror-related posts from around the web; a handy guide to the notable horror happenings of the past week.  Enjoy… *** Screenwriter Albert Torres has come on [...]

Philadelphia Asian American Film Fest : Part 2

Philadelphia Asian American Film Fest : Part 2

The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival rounded out its selections after a brief but appreciated break in the programming. That is one of my favorite aspects of this festival, broken into two easily digestible spreads. The [...]

<i>A Royal Affair</i> review

A Royal Affair review

Director Nikolaj Arcel and co-writer Rasmus Heisterberg – deserving winners at the Berlin International Film Fest – have cultivated a patient and affecting historical drama out of the context of enlightenment-era Denmark. The childish and begrudging [...]