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Nick Davis is an Assistant Professor of English and Gender Studies at Northwestern University. He holds a Ph.D. in English and Film & Video
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RECENT REVIEWS // (104 Commercial Releases Screened from 2011)
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Happy 2012: Celebrating the new year with Best Actress nominees, on their birthdays:
Gaslight ('40),
Heroes for Sale,
Barfly,
The Little Drummer Girl,
The Emperor's Candlesticks,
and
Twelfth Night
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Recent Cinema:
Sleep Furiously delights but could do with a bit more shape;
Leap Year is a corker
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Recent Cinema:
Sleep Furiously delights but could do with a bit more shape;
Leap Year is a corker
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The Past:
Cannes 1986, featuring
The Sacrifice,
After Hours,
She's Gotta Have It, and
Fool for Love
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The 00s: Decade's best,
key films to reassess, and indelible
moviegoing memories from across the decade
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ONGOING SPECIAL FEATURES // Winter 2011
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The Best Actress Archive:
The women of 1944,
2009, and
2010; essays on the careers of
Annette Bening,
Jennifer Lawrence,
Meryl Streep,
Julie Christie,
Katharine Hepburn,
and
Emma Thompson
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Favorite Films Countdown:
Georgia (#25),
Late Marriage (#27),
Howards End (#28),
Solaris x 2 (#29),
Sherman's March (#30),
Peel (#35),
Pickpocket (#68), and
a sneak-peak at Junebug (#18)
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