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A Conversation with Phillip Youmans (BURNING CANE)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:51:12 +0000

First-time director Phillip Youmans won, with Burning Cane, the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. I reviewed the film back then, finding it a remarkable cinematic achievement for one so young (Youmans was still […]

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A Conversation with Zachary Wigon (THE HEART MACHINE)

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:30:23 +0000

(The Heart Machine was picked up for distribution by FilmBuff and opens theatrically at Cinema Village in NYC on Friday October 24th while simultaneously being made available via Video on Demand. It world premiered in the Narrative Feature Competition at […]

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BORSCHT 8 FILM FESTIVAL

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:32:48 +0000

If I had to sum up the Borscht Film Festival in one word it would be ‘youth.’ The Borscht Corp collective dates back to high school friendships formed at Miami’s New World School of the Arts, and from what I […]

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BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Michael Tully — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:21:42 +0000

Beasts of the Southern Wild is spirituality on celluloid.

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GLORY AT SEA

Michael Tully — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:48:07 +0000

Every once in a rare, long while, a film appears with such a sweeping gust of rejuvenation that it has the power to restore not only one’s faith in cinema but in humanity as a whole. These miracles—some minor, some […]

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WHOLPHIN NO. 11

Michael Tully — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:02:26 +0000

(Wholphin No. 11 is distributed by McSweeney’s and can be purchased at Amazon, though what you really need to do is go to the Wholphin website and purchase a subscription. ) Everybody knows by now that Wholphin, the quarterly DVD […]

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SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – Tuesday, March 31st and Wednesday, April 1st

Michael Tully — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:56:02 +0000

Now that people are starting to pour in, the opportunity to write is becoming much trickier. Before I’m totally swallowed by the socializing, here’s a quick recap of the past few days… Shorts Program 4 — The plan was to […]

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OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2009

Michael Tully — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:49:36 +0000

I admit to carrying a case of negative baggage into last week’s press screening of The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009 package, for neither of my best film selections were represented (those would be Benh Zeitlin’s Glory at Sea [Live-Action] […]

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Woodstock Film Festival 2008 Wrap-Up

Michael Tully — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:22:59 +0000

The list of major award winners at the 2008 Woodstock Film Festival reads like a greatest hits from H2N’s inaugural year. First off, a hearty congratulations goes out to Sean Baker, Darren Dean, and the entire Prince of Broadway team […]

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