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Gregg Turkington and Rick Alverson talk ‘Entertainment’ and getting inside Neil Hamburger

The comedian at the center of the new film Entertainment takes the stage of a prison in a cheap, ill-fitting tuxedo and oversized glasses. He has an oily, stringy comb over that reveals more than it conceals. He’s clutching three water bottles under his arm and his grating, high-pitched squeal of a voice repeating the …

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The 5 Best Music Videos Of The Week

5) Unknown Mortal Orchestra “From The Sun” Directed by Rick Alverson “From The Sun” sounds quite boring to me but the video is pretty weird and entertaining. The main guy is turned into an exhibition by taking abuse and being humiliated by art students. I’m quite fond of live installation type things, and you can’t help but continue …

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‘The Comedy’ upper class self-crucifixion

The Comedy Directed by Rick Alverson Written by Robert Donne and Rick Alverson 2012, USA The Comedy is an unpleasant twist on arrested development as in defined by the the notion of mental growth. Tim Heidecker, co-star and co-creator of the cult show Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, stars in this bleak character …

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Ricky D’s 50 Favourite Films of 2012 (Part Two)

  25: The Dark Knight Rises Directed by Christopher Nolan Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan 2012, USA The Dark Knight Rises feels as if it was made up of two equal halves, with the most critical moment of the film breaking the movie in half, almost literally. While the second half may have …

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Ricky D’s 50 Favourite Films of 2012 (Part One)

2012 wasn’t a bad year for movies. It was actually a great year. The problem is, the movies we were most anticipating, specifically the Hollywood blockbusters like Prometheus and The Hobbit, didn’t live up to our expectations. With that said I still managed to make a list of 50 films I loved. Maybe I just …

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