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Michael Tully — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:38:38 +0000

Is the last weekend of home video releases for the calendar year 2010 a washout? Not quite, thanks to Indiepix… Recommended Samson & Delilah (Indiepix) — From the opening strains of Charley Pride’s “Sunshiny Day,” set to a slow-motion shot […]

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SAMSON & DELILAH

Michael Tully — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:17:09 +0000

Written, directed, and photographed by Warwick Thornton on 35mm, this exhilarating feature-length debut isn’t just an assured, touching, and original tale of young love in the Central Australian desert. It’s a very precious reminder of the transportive power of cinema. Samson & Delilah will make you fall in love with movies all over again.

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Michael Tully — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:39:29 +0000

Recommended The Thin Red Line (Criterion) — While we bide our time until the latest long-awaited Terrence Malick opus, Tree of Life, is released (by next year, pretty please, Fox Searchlight???), I guess we just have to make do with […]

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DVD RELEASES 2010/8/17

Michael Tully — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:51:09 +0000

Recommends The Conversation (Lionsgate) — Truth be told, I didn’t do enough research to know what makes the release of this Francis Ford Coppola classic different from any others—had it become unavailable for some dumb reason?—but it is The Conversation, […]

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FOURPLAY: SAN FRANCISCO

Michael Tully — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:06:58 +0000

(Fourplay: San Francisco world premiered at Outfest 2010 on July 9, 2010. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) It’s my general prerogative to avoid director statements when discussing the merits of a film, but in the case of […]

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DVD RELEASES 2010/7/20

Michael Tully — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:42:53 +0000

This week brings a serious overload of very good stuff: Prodigal Sons (First Run Features) — Buy it on DVD. A Town Called Panic (Zeitgeist) — Buy it on DVD. The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg and the […]

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DVD RELEASES 2010/6/29

Michael Tully — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:38:44 +0000

Well this sure is a meaty week with lots to choose from: Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be The Same (Factory 25) — In the same way that so many directors have recently adopted a lazy, pseudo-documentary style to […]

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DVD RELEASES 2010/5/25

Michael Tully — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:49:40 +0000

This is one of those Tuesdays where the list of movies that I Have-Not-Seen-But-Plan-To-Do-Just-That dwarfs those that I have, in fact, experienced with my own two eyes and do, in fact, Recommends. Looks like you guys aren’t the only ones […]

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A Report From the 2009 Cinema Eye Honors

Michael Tully — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:39 +0000

(The following report was submitted by Steve Holmgren and Liz Byer. As we were unable to attend this year’s festivities, we were happy to receive it, and now, to post it.) Independent filmmaking is a notoriously thankless proposition, and this […]

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