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We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with family, at the age of 89. In an unparalleled career, Van Peebles made an indelible mark on the international cultural landscape. He will be deeply missed.
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Goodnight, Dean Stockwell (1937-2021) 💙 Here's the legendary actor in two of his iconic performances: Walt Henderson in PARIS, TEXAS (1984) and Ben in BLUE VELVET (1986).
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Remembering the peerless Philip Seymour Hoffman on his birthday ❤️ Here he is in Paul Thomas Anderson's giddily off-kilter masterpiece PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002).
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🔥🖤 Mark your calendars: '80s HORROR—our 30-film collection featuring films by Dario Argento, Kathryn Bigelow, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, David Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper, Michael Mann, Ken Russell, Paul Schrader, and more—is coming to the on October 1! 🔥🖤
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Remembering the truly peerless and beloved Philip Seymour Hoffman on his birthday ❤️ Here he is in Paul Thomas Anderson's giddily off-kilter masterpiece PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002).
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"I’m most touched when I meet people in the streets who say, ‘Thank you, you gave me a lot of happiness.’ More than when they say ‘Bravo.’ I think it’s more touching to get a ‘Thank you,’ no?" Thank you, Agnès, our dear friend. ❤️
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We're deeply saddened to hear that the incomparable Sidney Poitier has passed away at the age of 94. A transformative cultural icon, he continually forged new paths to become one of the greatest actors to ever grace the stage and screen.
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We're heartbroken to hear that truly singular performer Michael K. Williams has passed away. We're remembering him and his galvanizing spirit by revisiting his trip to our films closet back in March 2011. ❤️
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Goodnight, Max von Sydow, one of the greatest actors to ever grace the stage and screen, whose vigorous performances in films like THE SEVENTH SEAL will forever be carved into cinema history. 🖤
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All hail the King! Announcing #1000: a monster edition! This October, we’re bringing you a collector’s set fit for the granddaddy of all movie monsters. Our landmark edition gathers for the first time all the Godzilla films from Japan’s Showa era! bit.ly/Godzilla1000 🔥
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Goodnight, Bruno Ganz, an actor whose empathy on-screen was always palpable & whose presence in such films as WINGS OF DESIRE will always live on in our hearts.
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Goodnight to Jean-Luc Godard, a titan of cinema whose work introduced the world to a new cinematic lexicon and exerted an incalculable influence on modern cinema that refused to wane in his more than six decades of filmmaking.
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The great Stan Lee has passed away at the age of 95. Last year, we were lucky enough to spend some time with him for a video by in which Lee shares the experience of working on an ambitious sci-fi screenplay with his close friend and collaborator, Alain Resnais.
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“For me, optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise – whatever appeals to you.” — Krzysztof Kieślowski ❤️
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Charlie Day's Closet Picks With his feature directorial debut FOOL'S PARADISE in theaters this weekend, the writer-director-actor visited our films closet—where he shared the connection between IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA & Truffaut, his love for Hal Ashby, & much more!
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While in town for the New York Film Festival premiere of their new film TÁR, we were thrilled to have the great Cate Blanchett and director Todd Field stop by our office fo a trip inside our films closet! ❤️
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In NOTORIOUS, Alfred Hitchcock executed one of the most ambitious shots in his filmography. Watch a play-by-play analysis of these thirty-plus seconds of virtuosic filmmaking 🔑
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Goodnight to beloved composer Angelo Badalamenti. 💔 We’re remembering his sonic genius with this beautiful moment from an interview on our release of TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)—featuring a performance of "The Voice of Love" one of the film’s most memorable songs.
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"If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt."
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"I'll always be there / As frightened as you / To help us survive / Being alive." Goodnight to the renowned and truly matchless composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who forever changed the landscape of American theater. ❤️
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Ari Aster's Closet Picks With his new film BEAU IS AFRAID now in theaters, Aster visited our closet, where he shared one of the best experiences he’s had in a theater, the inspiration he’s taken from Karel Zeman, and the possibility that CURE is the greatest movie ever made.
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Today we're wishing a very happy birthday to the one and only Martin Scorsese, a director who has not only spent decades making some of the greatest films of all time, but an indefatigable cinephile dedicated to expanding the horizons of movie lovers around the world! ❤️🎞️📽️❤️
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Happy birthday to the exquisite Kirsten Dunst! 🌸 Here she is in one of her most beautifully vulnerable and complex performances as Lux Lisbon in Sofia Coppola's THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999). 📷 by Corrine Day
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RIP to the brilliant Nicolas Roeg—a director who fractured time and space to create a singular cinematic style and language, with a body of masterpieces that are as exquisitely crafted & psychologically acute as they are utterly glorious to get lost in. ❤️ He’ll be dearly missed.
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