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Across the Movie Aisle
Good and Long
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Good and Long

On longer films that earn their runtime
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There was a very silly argument on Twitter about whether or not Seven Samurai is too long. I shan’t bore you with details here, but suffice to say that the person making the argument vexed Peter, Alyssa, and me. We were greatly vexed. So we decided to highlight some movies that earned their runtimes, just as Seven Samurai earned its. Our picks are, hope…

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The Bulwark
Across the Movie Aisle
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Here's the elevator pitch: It's "Left, Right, and Center" meets "Siskel and Ebert." Three friends from different ideological perspectives discuss the movies and controversies (or nontroversies!) about them.
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