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Paul Thomas Anderson: Film is dead. Or it seems that way: Film cameras are no longer being made, stock is hard to come by and even Martin Scorsese—in addition to Steven Soderbergh, David Lynch, David Fincher, Ridley Scott and many others—has succumbed to the throes of digital cinema. At this point, it’s a...

On The League, Mark Duplass plays one of the FX show’s relentlessly dudish fantasy football douches. In real life, he makes quiet, oft-sensitive indie films with his brother Jay. Since 2005’s The Puffy Chair, which he co-wrote and starred in, Duplass has divided his time between acting in films both small (Hannah Takes the...

On The League, Mark Duplass plays one of the FX show’s relentlessly dudish fantasy football douches. In real life, he makes quiet, oft-sensitive indie films with his brother Jay. Since 2005’s The Puffy Chair, which he co-wrote and starred in, Duplass has divided his time between acting in films both small (Hannah Takes the...

On a recent Friday morning, Nathan Kleinman is leaving Commonwealth Court an unhappy camper. Having been named the country’s first ‘Occupy’ Democrat candidate for higher office, the human-rights activist has just had his 1,500 signatures for the 13th District ballot challenged by Democratic U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, the incumbent. Knowing he could...

Mark Duplass Talks About His Newest Film, “Jeff Who Lives at Home On The League, Mark Duplass plays one of the FX show’s relentlessly dudish fantasy football douches. In real life, he makes quiet, oft-sensitive indie films with his brother Jay. Since 2005’s The Puffy Chair, which he co-wrote and starred in, Duplass has...

As 78-year-old state Rep. Louise Williams Bishop (D-Philadelphia) began to speak to a crowd gathered in the rotunda of the capitol in Harrisburg at a public meeting in November, her voice wavered and shook, belying her decades of experience in public speaking as a polished politician, Baptist minister and radio DJ. Shaky,...

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On a chilly, rainy day in late October, I stared into the eyes of a killer. They were the eyes of a man who had mercilessly butchered four people, including a 3-year-old girl. It was Thurs., Oct. 27, and John Eichinger and I were being escorted from a Montgomery County courtroom by...

By Mister Mann Frisby  Add Comment|Comments: 147|Posted Dec. 21, 2011 On a chilly, rainy day in late October, I stared into the eyes of a killer. They were the eyes of a man who had mercilessly butchered four people, including a 3-year-old girl. It was Thurs., Oct. 27, and John Eichinger and I...

On a chilly, rainy day in late October, I stared into the eyes of a killer. They were the eyes of a man who had mercilessly butchered four people, including a 3-year-old girl. It was Thurs., Oct. 27, and John Eichinger and I were being escorted from a Montgomery County courtroom by...