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A Conversation with Flora Lau (LUZ)

Jack Schenker — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:50:39 +0000

Premiering in the World Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2025, Luz is an ambitious exploration of reality, connection and redemption from director Flora Lau (Bends). Set across Chongqing, Hong Kong and Paris, the film follows Wei (Xiao Dong Guo), a reformed […]

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VORTEX Trailer: Gaspar Noé’s Heartbreaking Take on Age & Mortality

M.J. O'Toole — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:07:58 +0000

After exploring the reckless lives of youth in Enter The Void, Love, and Climax, Gaspar Noé returns to devastate us with a look at the inevitability of getting old and dying. In Vortex, which had its world premiere at last […]

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HTN’S 15 Most Anticipated Films at the 2021 New York Film Festival

The Editorial Staff — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:34:41 +0000

The 2021 New York Film Festival (or NYFF) is in its 59th iteration and runs September 24-October 10. There are 5 sections in the program: the Main Slate (with 32 features), Currents (15 features and 8 shorts programs), Spotlight (9 […]

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LOVE

Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:17:42 +0000

Gaspar Noë's latest feature "Love" once again pushes boundaries but this time, it more subtle ways.

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VOD REPORT

Michael Tully — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:42:58 +0000

Note: This month, we welcome contributing watcher/writer John Lichman into the fold—hooray!—to not only take the pressure off your overburdened head writer/editor, but to bring some linguistic variety to the table. Hopefully in the future our contributor horizons will only […]

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SXSW 2010 – A Preview

Michael Tully — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:07:33 +0000

Whenever March 1st arrives, I can’t help but have the following thought: not only am I lucky to be alive, I am so-so very-very lucky-lucky to be me-me-me. For at no other time of year do my most cherished personal […]

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MIKE S. RYAN’S SUNDANCE ‘10 WRAP-UP – Why Sundance Still Matters In The World

Mike S. Ryan — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:26:17 +0000

On my fourth day, I finally emerged from my screening doldrums. After the streets and the buses became free of the non-film skiers and LA lookeeloos and I saw 3 Backyards, Blue Valentine, and Winter’s Bone, I started to think […]

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MIKE S. RYAN AT SUNDANCE ‘10: DAY ONE – Sundance Gets Mavericky

Mike S. Ryan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:04:08 +0000

This year’s Sundance Film Festival theme, pushed via trailers and the cover of the film guide, is: REBEL. Trailers push lines like “this is the rebirth of the battle for new ideas” and other blather like “this is the recharged […]

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