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Tiff Midnight Madness

A Genre Buff’s Guide to the TIFF 2023 Midnight Madness Slate

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Don’t “Sleep” on these hot new genre flicks.

Dicks The Musical

‘Dicks: The Musical’ is Stupendously Silly Musical Shitposting

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A24, release the Sewer Boys merch … or else.

West Side Story Dance

A Brief History of How Street Dance Influenced the Movie Musical

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From “West Side Story’ to ‘In the Heights’ here’s a brief look at the way urban dance informs the modern movie musical.

In The Heights

The ‘In The Heights’ Box Office Story is About Context

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Tell me something I don’t know.

The Healing Power of Gene Kelly

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Gene Kelly will be there for you when you need him the most. Just hit play on one of his musicals.

Spectacular Spectacular

The Show Within a Show Tells Us What to Expect

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Musical theatre is rife with this common trope, but where did it come from and how does it work?

Richard Linklater

Why ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Will Take 20 Years to Film

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Richard Linklater is topping his ‘Boyhood’ production span with his adaptation of the 1981 musical flop turned cult favorite.

All That Jazz

All That Dance in ‘All That Jazz’

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The star of this musical wasn’t the music at all— it was the dance.

Buffy Once More

Revisiting Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Musical Episode,”Once More With Feeling”

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The Buffy musical episode provided a bright spot in a depressing season, making it one of the most memorable and rewatchable episodes of the show’s seven-year tenure.