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LA JETÉE THE FIFTH SHOT

Jonathan Marlow — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:00:36 +0000

(The Museum of Moving Image’s First Look Festival runs March 12-16. Chrck out Jonathan Marlow’s movie review of The Fifth Shot of La Jetée. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) “We’re entertaining ghosts now.” One year to […]

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SOLARIS MON AMOUR

Jonathan Marlow — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:02:24 +0000

(Returning for its 13th edition, the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look Festival (https://movingimage.org/series/firstlook2024/) marks the emergence of strong breakout international cinema. From March 13-17, it will screen over three dozen eclectic films, both features and shorts, making their […]

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MAGDALENA VIRAGA

Jonathan Marlow — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 22:05:35 +0000

(Nina Menkes will be honored with a comprehensive retrospective at BAM March 4-10 and the American Cinematheque March 12-26. Additional cities to be announced. Jonathan Marlow has this movie review of Magdalena Viraga. Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) […]

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THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: MURIEL, OR THE TIME OF THE RETURN

Christopher Reed — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:28:07 +0000

It’s a fascinating, if at times purposefully ambiguous and perplexing, work of art that deserves to be seen by fans of either Resnais, French cinema of the 1960s, or both.

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THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: NIGHT AND FOG

Christopher Reed — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:40:46 +0000

I highly recommend this disc, then, even for those who may not like the main film, given how rich a treasure trove of historical data and analysis is on offer.

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Cannes 2012 Dispatch #10: Love, Actually

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:59:07 +0000

Back in my Polish flat mere hours before the closing ceremony of this year’s festival—my elbows still sore from fighting my way into press screenings—I duly watched the verdict unravel upon my Twitter feed, hitting the ‘refresh’ button incessantly as […]

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Cannes 2012 Dispatch #8: Hello, I Must Be Going

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:17:03 +0000

Another sunny day here in Cannes started with a loud round of booing to greet the end credits of Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy: a pulpy, finger-painted piece of unfocused melodrama that stands a good chance of spawning a midnight cult […]

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EVERYONE ELSE

Nelson Kim — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:32:24 +0000

In bare outline, Everyone Else may sound like a neat and cleverly symmetrical construction, but moment to moment it unfolds in the most unclassifiable, unpredictable, and miraculously organic manner. I don't know if I've ever seen a more nuanced on-screen portrait of a relationship.

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Must-Sees At The 2009 New York Film Festival (Updated!!!)

Michael Tully — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:13:10 +0000

This past year, some major staff changes have taken place at the Film Society of Lincoln Center (starting with the hiring of Mara Manus as the new Executive Director). What would this mean for the New York Film Festival? Though […]

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DVD RELEASES 2009/6/23

Michael Tully — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:54:01 +0000

A very classy line-up of new releases is yours for the taking this week, as Criterion continues to impress with another barrage of cinema classics (seriously, have they been putting out at least two movies a week lately?). But equally […]

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