Alan Zilberman
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
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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
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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
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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
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