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Welcome to the Fandor Archives, our collection of articles, interviews, and video essays from Keyframe years gone by.

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The Wide (Angle) World of Wally Pfister

Watch Wally Pfister movies online free! Wally Pfister is an uncompromising cinematographer. He adamantly prefers to shoot on film and is dogged in his need …

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The Sounds of Paul Verhoeven

If you think of a director who combines biting satire and prescient socio-cultural commentary with over-the-top B-movie aesthetics, one name should immediately come to mind: …

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The Endurance of ‘The Dark Knight’

What is the greatest comic book movie of all time? For majority of film-lovers, it would be hard to argue against Christopher Nolan’s The Dark …

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Borrowing Time with Wong Kar-wai

In a sense, no matter what they’re “about,” all films are about time. Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai, one of the strongest stylists working today, …

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The New Canon: ‘Carol’

We’re used to the global fandom reserved for those huge “four-quadrant” blockbusters that dominate pop culture discourse. What’s far less common are displays of public …

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The Pure and Singular Magic of Robin Williams

Watch Robin Williams movies online free!   Robin Williams was one of a kind. His rare energy, purity, and fundamental essence—that “spark of madness,” to …

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Gus Van Sant’s Lost Boys

I don’t know that a filmmaker as unpredictable as Gus Van Sant has a signature “Gus Van Sant film.” How does one compare the Academy …

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Agnès Varda and the Makings of a Film Movement

Before the French New Wave unofficially kicked off with films like Claude Chabrol’s Le Beau Serge, François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows, and Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, …

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The Endurance of ‘The Shining’

There are plenty of films that have stood the test of time, but The Shining has a unique place in cinema history. Just the mere …

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The Distinct Charm of Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor is quietly one of the biggest stars around. The Scottish actor carved out his start in Britain as a bad boy with breakout …

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Between the Lines: Richard Linklater

Many movie lovers just know when they’re watching a Richard Linklater film. For the past thirty years, the writer and director have honed his singular …

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Why We Laugh: Part 1

Humor has been the subject of serious investigation dating back all the way to Plato and Aristotle. Over the past few decades, Dirk Eitzen has …

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