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  • Alan Zilberman

    Alan Zilberman

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    Alan is the film editor of Brightest Young Things and a freelance arts writer based in Washington, D.C. He has written about film for The Atlantic, RogerEbert.Com, The Washington City Paper, and IndieWire.

    Latest articles by Alan Zilberman

    Teyonah Parris in Spike Lee’s CHI-RAQ

    Spike Lee's Chi-Raq is the political provocation America needs

    opinion Almost everyone is guilty in Spike Lee's satirical riff on the ancient Greek play Lysistrata

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      Fifty Shades of Grey gets at the complexity of sex — until it loses its nerve

      feature The buzzy movie hints at a more complicated story before devolving into melodrama

      By Alan Zilberman Last updated 13 February 15

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    • Calvary

      Calvary is the latest step in film noir's long evolution

      feature The genre has chewed up and spit out hard-boiled protagonists for decades — but the latest iteration brings its dark themes into the modern day

      By Alan Zilberman Last updated 8 January 15

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    • Game 6, Birdman

      Game 6: The all-but-forgotten movie that blazed the trail for Birdman

      feature A decade-old Michael Keaton-starring drama tackled the same ideas as the new Michael Keaton-starring drama — and had much more to say about them

      By Alan Zilberman Last updated 8 January 15

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