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question of the day: Would you pay $30 for an on-demand rental of a new theatrical film release?

Wed, Sep 29, 2010
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I’ve been predicting this for years, and I think it’s entirely inevitable, outside of a collapse of civilization that puts the kibosh on such luxuries as electricity and telecommunications.

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question of the day: Who is the greatest British filmmaker working today?

Tue, Sep 28, 2010
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It’s the obvious followup to Friday’s QOTD — about great American filmmakers — and corollary to the Guardian’s new list of most powerful people in British film…

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question of the day: Was Stephen Colbert’s in-character testimony before Congress last week inappropriate?

Mon, Sep 27, 2010
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Did Colbert’s right-wing gasbag routine have a greater impact than it otherwise would have if Colbert had testified as himself?

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question of the weekend: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Sat, Sep 25, 2010
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Will you be living in the same house/apartment, city, country? Will you be doing the same job? Spending time with the same friends and family? Do you think your life will be better a decade from now?

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question of the day: Who is the greatest American director working today?

Fri, Sep 24, 2010
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Is the day of the auteur over? If it isn’t, who is our greatest auteur? Does it matter if Hollywood doesn’t care about directors anymore? Is that something that can be left to serious film fans?

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question of the day: When was the last time you bought a CD, DVD, or blu-ray in a bricks-and-mortar store?

Thu, Sep 23, 2010
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I know that the last time I tried to find a certain DVD in the few stores left in Manhattan that sell DVDs, it was an exercise in aggravation…

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question of the day: Did you know that the Facebook movie ‘The Social Network’ is fiction?

Wed, Sep 22, 2010
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I haven’t read extensively about the film, but I did assume that it would be at least loosely based on the reality of how Facebook came into existence. I think that’s not an unfair assumption. Am I wrong?

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question of the day: What would a new Bill & Ted movie look like?

Tue, Sep 21, 2010
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You must see Keanu Reeves’ impersonation of Werner Herzog explaining why he’d make a movie about Bill & Ted…

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question of the day: Is network television dead?

Mon, Sep 20, 2010
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I feel like we’ve been having this same conversation every September for the last few years, but each year it does seem more urgent…

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question of the weekend: Why are there no male muses?

Sat, Sep 18, 2010
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The notion of women inspiring men to make art seems ‘normal,’ but the converse — men inspiring women to make art — is just about unheard of…

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