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    The Most Beloved Films of the 2010s – Day 2: Oklahoma Film Critics

    December 27, 2019
    Beloved Films 2010s
    In part two of our four-part series, we spoke with a members of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle about their most beloved films of the 2010s.

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    The Most Beloved Films of the 2010s – Day 1: Filmmaker Picks

    December 26, 2019
    Beloved Films of the 2010s
    In part one of our four-part series, we spoke with a handful of filmmakers, largely from Oklahoma, about their most beloved films of the 2010s.

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    Hobbs and Shaw & The Farewell – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    August 29, 2019
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    The Cinematic Schematic returns in our August edition to give a spoiler-free review of two of the month’s biggest releases, Hobbs and Shaw, and Lulu Wang’s The Farewell.

    With the summer winding down, we take a look at the final big-budget blockbuster of…

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    Luz Is a Subversive and Wonderful Micro-budget Horror Film

    August 12, 2019
    Luz

    There have been numerous stellar debut features in the realm of horror over the last several years, including Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, Robert Eggers’s The Witch, Jordan Peele’s Get Out, and Ari Aster’s Hereditary, just to name a handful. Now we can add Tilman Singer’s Luz…

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    Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    July 31, 2019
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    The Cinematic Schematic returns in our July edition to give a spoiler-free review of Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated ninth film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and a huge all-star supporting cast.

    Before taking…

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    The Dead Don’t Die – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    June 17, 2019
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    The Cinematic Schematic returns in this special June edition to give a spoiler-free review of Jim Jarmusch‘s new film, a zombie comedy (zom-edy), The Dead Don’t Die. After spending the summer so far planning his new film and attending the 2019 deadCenter Film Festival,…

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    The Cinematropolis deadCenter 2019 Closing Recap

    June 16, 2019
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    After an entire weekend full of movies, parties, and reunions at the 2019 deadCenter Film Festival followed by a week full of film reviews and interviews here at The Cinematropolis, our special deadCenter coverage comes to a close with a festival recap discussion between our entire festival team, Jo Light,…

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    Jay Myself Captures a Fascinating, yet Out-of-Focus Image – deadCenter 2019

    June 14, 2019
    Image featuring Jay Maisel, the subject of Stephen Wilkes' documentary Jay Myself.

    Each picture you take has power as long as it brings experience to the person who’s looking at it.

    Jay Maisel

    Before Instagram, there was Jay Maisel.

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    The Art of Self-Defense – Riley Stearns deadCenter 2019 Interview

    June 13, 2019
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    The 2019 deadCenter Film Festival brought in a number of notable indie films, but perhaps our most anticipated was The Art of Self-Defense from writer/director Riley Stearns and Bleeker Street.

    The official synopsis for The Art of Self-Defense reads:

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    Postal Is Bloody Good Fun – deadCenter 2019 [Interview]

    June 13, 2019

    Postal is kind of hard to talk about without spoiling. But let’s start here — it’s great.

    The film is a black comedy that purports to be about the true story of Phillip Tress (Michael Shenefelt), a Florida man who goes off…

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