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Zach Baron
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Shane Carruth Will Have Another
Getting extremely drunk with indie film's leading visionary-recluse-lunatic.
By
Zach Baron
Career Arc: Sam Raimi
COME GET SOME!
By
Zach Baron
Sundance Diary, Part 3: Cactus Jack, Body Worms, and a Deep Sense of Despair
Previously: Part 1 and Part 2. Back on Main Street. Park City during Sundance is a cheery mountain town gone savage, quaint stores turned into pop-...
By
Zach Baron
, Hollywood Prospectus
Sundance Diary, Part 2: Adrian Grenier's Hair, a Daring Brush With Death, and Crashing James Franco's Mansion Party
Adrian Grenier, golden god. It's Friday night, and we're in a mansion high atop a mountain somewhere in nearby Deer Valley, the kind of place that...
By
Zach Baron
, Hollywood Prospectus
Sundance Diary, Part 1: A Humbling in Park City, a Taste of the Festival Life, and Some Mescaline With Michael Cera
The first humbling is the airport. Salt Lake City International, around 11 a.m. Baggage claim has been repurposed into a holding pen — L.A. blon...
By
Zach Baron
, Hollywood Prospectus
Cinemetrics: Quentin Tarantino's History Lesson
The hilarious but painfully dark truths of
Django Unchained
.
By
Zach Baron
The Year in Movies
How Hollywood bounced back from a miserable 2011. Plus: The top 10 of the year!
By
Zach Baron
Cinemetrics:
The Hobbit
's Interminable Journey
Peter Jackson's latest fantasy adventure goes on and on … and on.
By
Zach Baron
The Grantland Oscar Roundtable
It's going to get ugly, folks —
real
ugly.
By
Zach BaronSean FennesseyMolly Lambertand Mark Lisanti
Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Molly Lambert, and Mark Lisanti
Cinemetrics: Ugly America
Killing Them Softly
and what happens when Hollywood catches up to bad times.
By
Zach Baron
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