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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part Four

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The Hip Pocket

The Hip Pocket #50: RUSH

When Jennifer Jason Leigh was at her best, there was no one better.

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The Hip Pocket #49: NEAR DARK

Kathryn Bigelow's dreamy vampire film always makes me feel a little drunk, and I love it.

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The Hip Pocket #48: TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA

William Friedkin didn't have anything to prove to anyone in 1985, but he did it anyway.

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FROM THE VAULT: How Rian Johnson rewrote the future of STAR WARS

A special reprint of a PULP & POCORN piece about THE LAST JEDI as a way of celebrating STAR WARS day.

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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part Three

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The Hip Pocket #47: WORLD'S GREATEST DAD

Bobcat Goldthwait's painfully funny movie about parenthood and the lies we tell ourselves (and others) features a career-best performance by Robin Williams.

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The Hip Pocket #46: CONTACT

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FROM THE VAULT: The Wachowski Starship on SPEED RACER, CLOUD ATLAS, and more

Since HitFix has taken down its archives, we decided to republish this in-depth interview with the Wachowskis.

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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part Two

Part two of a serialized screenplay, SPLIT, by Drew McWeeny & Rebecca Swan

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The Hip Pocket #45: SOMETHING WILD

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The Hip Pocket #44: THE 'BURBS

Joe Dante has made a ton of our favorite Hip Pocket films, but we have a particular soft spot for this dark comedy starring Tom Hanks.

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The Hip Pocket #43: ENTER THE VOID

Our HIP POCKET columns return with Gaspar Noe's hallucinatory masterpiece, ENTER THE VOID.

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Fiction

SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part One

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For Context

For Context/Stanley Kubrick

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A Quick Note

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2025 in 50 Films - Part Five

We finally reach the top ten, which includes HAMNET, MARTY SUPREME, and the latest take on the Man of Steel.

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Film Nerd 2.0

Film Nerd 2.0 comes full circle with a special birthday column

In a new ongoing series, one of the Film Nerds decides to look back at the original articles to help figure out who he is now.

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Saturday Night at the Movies

Saturday Night at the Movies #1 - Reclaiming an Idea

We're kicking off a new series and we're reclaiming one of our favorite ideas in the process.

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2025 in 50 Films

2025 in 50 Films - Part Four

We continue counting down the year's best films with a Stephen King adaptation, a truly grown-up comedy, and a tribute to the French New Wave, among others.

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2025 in 50 Films - Part Three

We continue our countdown with Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and a chilling documentary.

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2025 In 50 Films - Part Two

Our countdown of our favorite 50 films of the year continues with Tim Robinson, David Cronenberg, and an Indian epic.

The Hip Pocket

The Hip Pocket #310 - Jeff Roland

A home video producer for one of our favorite physical media companies joins us to discuss LIFEFORCE, BETTER OFF DEAD, and FURIOSA.

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2025 In 50 Films - Part One

From ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER to NO OTHER CHOICE, 2025 has offered up an embarrassment of riches for film fans willing to dig.

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We spend a day in Stars Hollow and Pandora