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Paper Towns

French movie posters, autumn 2015 edition

Sat, Oct 24, 2015
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Finally, the last of my Paris photos from last month. All movies.

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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl movie review: sick of it

Fri, Sep 04, 2015
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The Manic Pixie Dream Girl gets sick, but she can still inspire a man to better himself, while also adding a dash of repugnant narcissism to the subgenre.

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Where Are the Women? Paper Towns

Mon, Aug 17, 2015
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Wants to tell a story about how young women are people… which it does by removing the main female character from the narrative for half of the film.

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Paper Towns and Mistress America movies review: girls’ stories are their own (and not yours, boys)

Mon, Aug 17, 2015
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Want to debunk the myth and the mystery of the manic pixie dream girl? There’s a wrong way to do that… and an oh-so marvelously right way.

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