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John Patterson writes about film and is based in Los Angeles.

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  • Nov 22 2008:

    As another "insider" movie satire pulls its punches, John Patterson wonders if we'll ever get a Hollywood tell-all that tells all

  • Nov 21 2008:

    If Hollywood wants to save some money, the solution is simple: replace all those overpaid actors with puppies, children and porn stars

  • Nov 15 2008:

    In these hope-filled times, has anyone got the guts to give us an unhappy ending? John Patterson makes a plea for proper cinematic misery

  • Nov 9 2008:

    John Patterson: The Bush years have brought me so much laughter and perverse joy, but I can't say I'll be sad to see them go

  • Nov 8 2008:

    A new film about 1970s German radicals is being accused of sexing up terror. But, as John Patterson argues, the element of glamour isn't new

  • An American Carol Nov 1 2008:

    What happened when a bunch of disaffected rightwingers made a wacky political comedy? It tanked at the box office! Surely a conspiracy against Tinseltown's rich, Republican and grumpy? John Patterson investigates

  • Nov 1 2008:

    Who knew that Alfred Hitchcock once filmed a terribly British Noël Coward stage play? John Patterson wishes he'd made a few more...

  • Oct 29 2008:

    John Patterson: Larry Flynt has long been a thorn in politicians' sides. With his Sarah Palin-themed porn satire, he is settling old scores

  • Oct 25 2008:

    Thank Hollywood for blacklisting Joseph Losey, says John Patterson. He was the best thing that happened to 1960s British cinema

  • Oct 24 2008:

    The election is full of bizarre moments where showbiz trumps the news, says John Patterson

  • Oct 18 2008:

    While the markets melt down and the empire falls, what have Americans been flocking to see? A pampered pooch. John Patterson is crestfallen

  • Young at Heart Oct 11 2008:

    Why teach your grandma to suck eggs when you can teach her to sing Sonic Youth? John Patterson wonders if the future of movies is grey

  • Oct 10 2008:

    All the really impressive heroes and heavies of postwar Hollywood had war experiences that indelibly burnished their screen presence, says John Patterson

  • Oct 4 2008:

    Is Anna Faris Hollywood's successor to Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe and Goldie Hawn? John Patterson hails the new queen of ditz

  • Sep 30 2008:

    Her debut movie is about a woman who rents erotica at 4pm every day. John Patterson meets Marianna Palka, the young British director who's taking the film world by storm

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