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ON THE FRINGE, PART SEVEN: SHOTGUN STORIES (2007)

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:05:14 +0000

Jeff Nichols’ award-winning directorial debut Shotgun Stories is a flawless film. This quality is a crucial distinction to make in discussing a film as part of my continuing “On theFringe” series, as this factor sets the movie apart from its (predecessor) compatriot pictures […]

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A Conversation With Jonathan Lisecki (GAYBY)

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:41:54 +0000

(Gayby is now available on DVD through Wolfe Video.) Jonathan Lisecki and I kept meeting up with the intention of discussing his film Gayby but we repeatedly kept dropping the ball. The last time we got together, we ended up […]

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YOUR SISTER’S SISTER

Tom Hall — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:06:27 +0000

In its celebration of empathy and feeling, which proposes that perhaps the greatest aspect of love is how its flexibility draws us closer to understanding one another, Your Sister’s Sister feels almost radical.

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A Conversation with Katie Aselton, Ben Kasulke, and Nat Sanders (THE FREEBIE)

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:14:32 +0000

The main characters of The Freebie, Darren (Dax Shepard) and Annie (Katie Aselton), are in a stable seven-year relationship built on love, trust, and communication. While they have fun together and really love one other, they also opt out of […]

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EXPLODING GIRL, THE

Mike S. Ryan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:53:00 +0000

(After a successful festival run, The Exploding Girl was picked up for distribution by Oscilloscope Laboratories and is opening in New York City on March 12, 2010. Visit Bradley Rust Gray’s official website to learn more. Note: This review was […]

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MIKE S. RYAN AT SUNDANCE ‘10: DAY TWO

Mike S. Ryan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:21:08 +0000

I saw six films Saturday the 23rd. Actually I walked out on Boy since I don t like films that rely on cute kids and/or cute animals. Boy is directed with punchy quirky energy by Taika Waititi, who made Eagle […]

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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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THE 2009 HAMMER TO NAIL AWARDS

Michael Tully — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:30:46 +0000

Welcome to the second annual Hammer to Nail Awards! The ever-increasing torrent of end-of-the-year lists and trophies can become an overwhelming blur, which is just one of the reasons why we here at HTN have made a commitment to do […]

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DVD RELEASES 2009/11/17

Michael Tully — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:22:47 +0000

Well, whaddya know, Thanksgiving’s come early this year, as today brings us the home video release of two of the best new American films of 2009. One is a fiction comedy that plays like a documentary, and the other is […]

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HUMPDAY

Michael Tully — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:53:09 +0000

Guys are idiots. Even when they mean well, they’re still idiots. Lynn Shelton’s Humpday does nothing to disprove this theory, yet it also goes a surprisingly long way to understanding—if not explaining—the ludicrously misguided wiring that would lead two heterosexual […]

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