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“Crossing Over” and Hyperlink Cinema

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"Magnolia," "Crash" and the good/bad of the multi-strand movie.

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Posted February 23rd, 2009, 5:02 PM by Alison Willmore

Critics have called films like this week’s “Crossing Over,” in which the multi-threaded storylines tell different tales of Los Angeles immigration woes, “hyperlink cinema,” because the narratives cross and connect at unexpected points. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at the best and the worst of the genre from “Magnolia” to “Crash,” at how Robert Altman was its founding father and why these films always seem to be set in L.A.

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