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In yet another inspired touch, the tough, growling voice that Riggan hears in his head is the voice of Movie, that is to say, the voice of Mammon. Watch Fifty Shades of Grey Online

Telling him that the sacrifices he is making for his art are wasted, that his ambitions are delusional, that his dressing room is a “****hole,” and that audiences love blood and action and “not this talky, depressing, philosophical bull****.” Watch Kingsman The Secret Service Online

The sad, bittersweet—Raymond Carveresque—joke at the heart of film is that Movie’s skepticism is not entirely misplaced. The scenes from Riggan’s drama that we see—even when dazzlingly played by Keaton, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough, and Edward Norton. Watch The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water Online

They lack the delicate subtext that makes so much of Carver’s story seem to happen between the lines. Watch Seventh Son Online

And we may well wonder why anyone would seriously imagine that, at this moment in our cultural history, a four-character drama based on “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” would be a popular draw. Watch American Sniper Online

Over the past decade, I have been repeatedly surprised, even shocked, by how few students—undergraduates and MFA candidates alike—still read Raymond Carver, or even recognize his name. Watch Big Hero 6 Online