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The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments
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Fox The Blunt-Force Power of Widows, in One Scene
The Atlantic looks back on the key film moments of 2018, this time a highly metaphorical unbroken shot in Steve McQueen’s heist thriller.
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Well Go USA The Mysterious Conversation That Creates an Obsession in Burning
The Atlantic looks back on the key film moments of 2018, this time a strange, possibly imaginary confession in Lee Chang-dong’s woozy thriller.
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Warner Bros. A Star Is Born Finds Movie Magic in a Parking Lot
The Atlantic looks back on the key film moments of 2018, this time a spontaneous bit of songwriting in Bradley Cooper’s romantic musical drama.
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Bleecker Street Leave No Trace Shows How to Critique Society—Without Demonizing an Entire System
The Atlantic looks back on the key film moments of 2018, this time a wrenching interview with a survivalist war veteran in Debra Granik’s drama.
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A24 The Creepiest Movie Shot of the Year Came From Hereditary
The Atlantic looks back on the key film moments of 2018, this time the frightening image at the heart of Ari Aster’s horror drama.
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Paramount The Mind-Bending Final Confrontation of Annihilation
The Atlantic looks back on the key film moments of 2018, this time a surreal showdown at the end of Alex Garland’s sci-fi thriller.
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Walt Disney Studios The Tragic Fight Scene That Defined Black Panther
The Atlantic looks back on the key film moments of 2018, this time a brawl at a waterfall in Ryan Coogler’s superhero masterpiece.
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A24 The Disaster Artist's Tribute to the Joys of Moviemaking
The Atlantic looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a moment in James Franco’s biographical drama-comedy.
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A24 A Memorable Mother-Daughter Talk in Lady Bird
The Atlantic looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a moment in Greta Gerwig’s hit coming-of-age comedy.
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A24 A Meaningful Chat With a Flock of Birds in The Florida Project
The Atlantic looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a moment in Sean Baker’s must-see movie The Florida Project.
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Lionsgate Stronger's Masterful Sense of Healing After Trauma
The Atlantic looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a post-surgery moment in David Gordon Green’s inspirational biopic.
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Paramount The Horrors of a Broken Kitchen Sink in mother!
The Atlantic looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a moment in Darren Aronofsky’s metaphorical thriller.
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Amazon Studios The Egotism of Explorers in The Lost City of Z
The Atlantic looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a moment in James Gray’s odyssey of expedition and failure in the Amazon rainforest.
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IFC Film Texting With a Ghost in Personal Shopper
The Atlantic looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a moment in the Kristen Stewart–starring postmodern drama.
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Universal What Made That Hypnosis Scene in Get Out So Terrifying
The Atlantic looks back on the key film moments of 2017, starting with Jordan Peele’s subversive horror masterpiece.
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A24 And, Scene: American Honey
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time Andrea Arnold’s electrifying road movie.
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Lionsgate / CBS Films And, Scene: Hell or High Water
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time David Mackenzie’s pulpy West Texas bank-robber drama.
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Sundance Selects And, Scene: Weiner
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s documentary about the titular, doomed politician.
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A24 And, Scene: Moonlight
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time Barry Jenkins’s film about a young man’s life in three acts.
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A24 And, Scene: The Lobster
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time a dystopian comedy about love and relationships.
