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A Conversation with Nathan Silver (BETWEEN THE TEMPLES)

Jack Schenker — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:13:29 +0000

Nathan Silver is a New York City based filmmaker who has been working as a writer/director since 2009. His latest project Between The Temples is in theaters this weekend and is not only an excellent film, it is essential Jewish […]

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A Conversation with Janicza Bravo (LEMON)

Christopher Reed — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:17:41 +0000

I met with director Janicza Bravo on Friday, May 5, 2017, at the Maryland Film Festival, where we discussed her first feature, the experimental narrative Lemon, which premiered at Sundance (and was reviewed at SXSW by our very own Don […]

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LOURDES

Michael Tully — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:31:17 +0000

(Lourdes is now available on DVD or Blu-ray through Palisades Tartan. It opened theatrically in March, 2011, at the Film Forum. Go here to watch a trailer and find out about upcoming screenings.) Is Jessica Hausner’s Lourdes pro-religion? Anti-religion? Pro-miracle? […]

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DVD RELEASES 2010/2/9

Michael Tully — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:15:12 +0000

Let’s not dilly-dally: The Pleasure of Being Robbed (IFC Films) — Josh Safdie’s debut feature is a giddy blast of cinematic exhilaration. Starring Eleonore Hendricks as a free spirit who lives from moment to scattered moment, The Pleasure of Being […]

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SERIOUS MAN, A

Brandon Harris — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:32:02 +0000

(Distributed by Focus Features, A Serious Man opens on Friday, October 2, 2009. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) While it’s often treacherous to throw around the term personal when discussing work in a medium as collaborative as […]

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Tully’s TIFF ‘09 Wrap-Up

Michael Tully — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:58:31 +0000

Not that I doubted my trusted sources (aka, anyone who’s ever been to it), but now that I’ve experienced the Toronto International Film Festival for myself, I can confirm that everyone was right. For such a gargantuan event, TIFF coasts […]

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TORONTO ‘09: Friday (9/11)

Michael Tully — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:54:44 +0000

Leave it to Roger Ebert to better express my own complicated feelings with regards to the dilemma of trying to produce thoughtful, productive, lasting, and not-completely-cringe-worthy reviews while still spinning around inside the blender of a film festival. He’s right. […]

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Barry Sonnenfeld’s Cinematography Master Class at 2009 HIFF

Michael Tully — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:40:21 +0000

Barry Sonnenfeld hates panning. Throughout his hour-long Kodak-sponsored Cinematography Master Class at the 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival (moderated by the Museum of Moving Image’s Chief Curator David Schwartz), Sonnenfeld pummeled that particular technique-of-the-trade into submission. “That’s why movies are […]

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