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ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT U.S. Trailer: Payal Kapadia’s Cannes-Winning Drama Celebrates Friendship & Sisterhood

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:42:13 +0000

One movie that has captured the hearts of critics and audiences on the festival circuit this year is writer-director Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light. The drama, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes, follows a close community of […]

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LAST FILM SHOW Trailer: India’s Oscar Entry Highlights the Magic of Cinema

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 20:22:55 +0000

Over a year after its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, writer-director Pan Nalin’s ode to movies, Last Film Show, is finally getting a theatrical release just around the corner for the holidays. India has also chosen it […]

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FREEDOM FOR THE WOLF

Christopher Reed — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 20:13:34 +0000

With marvelous precision, first-time director Rupert Russell, in his chilling new documentary, Freedom for the Wolf , walks us through multiple examples, in today's world, of the perversion of democracies by leaders with authoritarian tendencies.

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INVENTING TOMORROW

Matt Delman — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:11:38 +0000

It feels like Nix was everywhere at once, orchestrating multiple camera crews and gaining access to intimate moments that both propel and anchor the narrative.

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TIFF 2010 – A Preview

Michael Tully — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:21:35 +0000

Last year, I had such a damn fine time attending my first ever Toronto International Film Festival that I promised myself I’d return in 2010. But there’s this thing called Life, you see, which sometimes gets in the way of […]

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SITA SINGS THE BLUES

Michael Tully — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:11:17 +0000

(Sita Sings the Blues won the 2008 “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You” award. After encountering nearly insurmountable problems with regards to clearing music rights, Nina Paley’s film has now found official distribution through FilmKaravan—in conjunction with […]

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SALIM BABA

Michael Tully — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:11:47 +0000

When 55-year-old Salim Muhammad pushes his cart down the streets of Kolkata, India, children flock to it. But it isn’t just children. Everyone is mesmerized by Salim and his cart, as if he were an ice cream man handing out […]

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POOL, THE

Michael Tully — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:54:06 +0000

(The Pool is now finally available on DVD thanks to Kino Lorber. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) Arguments arise all the time about “white” or “American” filmmakers venturing into indigenous lands or communities to make films that […]

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