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Ethan Gates

Ethan Gates is a Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Technician at NYU. He blogs at The Best Film of Our Lives.

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February 17, 2016
Ethan Gates
Son of Saul: Not Just Another Holocaust Movie
Hungary’s Oscar nominee explores our cultural obsession with the Final Solution.
October 1, 2015
Ethan Gates
In Iran, Turning on a Camera Is An Act of Subversion
September 9, 2015
Ethan Gates
Once A Joke Goes Viral, Who Cares Where It Came From?
February 23, 2015
Ethan Gates
Why Hollywood Keeps Awarding Movies About Movies
It's not only because the Academy is self-absorbed
February 17, 2015
Ethan Gates
Why Are All of Hollywood's Leading Men So Old?
February 10, 2015
Ethan Gates
Oscar-Nominated 'Timbuktu' Shows the Terrors of Life Under Islamist Extremism
February 9, 2015
Ethan Gates
The Oscar-Nominated Film Hollywood Loves, But the Russian Government Hates

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