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- Aug 4, 2026
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Manic pixie dream woman: ‘The Philadelphia Story’ at 86 (opens the original)
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by Blaise Balas | Aug 3, 2026 | Art and Entertainment, Cinema The term “Manic Pixie Dream Girl’ has been arguably overused since its initial invention in Nathan Rabin’s “My Year of Flops,” where the critic first coined the term in his review of Cameron Crowe’s “Elizabethtown” (2005) in reference to the film’s main female character, Kirsten Dunst’s Claire Colburn. The tag was created to categorize a specific type of female character, usually written by a man, who is only present to serve the purp
'Back to the Future' and the anatomy of fun (opens the original)
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by Blaise Balas | Jul 20, 2026 | Art and Entertainment, Cinema Many people cite “Back to the Future” as their favorite movie. It is, as has been the case for a majority of the films in the Fargo Theatre’s Centennial Film Series (CFS) so far, a classic for a reason. But that reason is much different from most others. If asked, most people will tell you that the reason they love “Back to the Future” so much — the reason they show it to their kids to make sure it lives on — is that it’s fun. To me,
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