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Mike S. Ryan’s (Very Biased) Favorite Low-Budget Indies Of The Decade

Mike S. Ryan — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:02:12 +0000

Mike S. Ryan’s very biased 25 fave low budget American Indies of the ‘10 Decade. 1. Moonlight-Barry Jenkins 2. Meek’s Cutoff/Certain Woman– Kelly Reichardt 3. The Rider-Chloe Zhao 4. The Fits– Anna Rose Holmer 5. It Felt Like Love– Eliza […]

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WORLD WITHOUT END (NO REPORTED INCIDENTS)

Jessica Baxter — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:27:34 +0000

One unifying human behavior is that we will always do our damndest to enjoy a beach, no matter how unappealing it looks

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Movies About Museums

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:56:06 +0000

“A process in which no one wants to take a risk is too Dutch for me,” laments one of the embattled Spanish co-architects in Oeke Hoogendijk’s The New Rijksmuseum, a 2013 doc I caught up with over the holidays. The […]

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COUNTING

Jessica Baxter — Tue, 10 May 2016 20:29:40 +0000

If we wanted to send something off into the cosmos to show aliens in far off galaxies what life is like on Earth, this is a pretty accurate depiction, at least for those who dwell in urban centers. Though I’m not entirely sure it would make them want to visit.

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ALL THIS PANIC

Donna K. — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 02:36:00 +0000

Both subject and documentarians know the power they both hold: a ubiquitous control over representation. But this solid film doesn’t become a representation so much as a part of the lives – part of the world – it is portraying.

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BAMcinemaFest 2013 — An Overview

Michael Tully — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:03 +0000

Are you ready, New York City movie lovers, for the finest American independent film festival showcase your monstrous city has to offer? If so, then good, because BAMcinemaFest is back. This year’s edition runs from Wednesday, June 19th, through Friday, […]

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SXSW ’13: MIKE S. RYAN’S WRAP-UP

Mike S. Ryan — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:51:14 +0000

Yes, it wasn’t a great year at SXSW, for a few reasons. I heard from several filmmakers that Tribeca’s new Artistic Director Frederic Boyer was extremely aggressive in approaching filmmakers who submitted to SXSW in pleading with them to bypass […]

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JASON BECKER: NOT DEAD YET

Cullen Gallagher — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:32:18 +0000

This film accomplishes what many music docs strive for and frequently fail to achieve—namely, it reaches beyond the immediate fans and touches anyone who is willing to watch and, especially, listen.

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NETFLIX HIDDEN GEMS: Issue #9

Michael Tully — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:46:27 +0000

Just so you guys have no excuses, we’re doing two months at once this time around. ***ISSUE #9: JUNE/JULY ‘10*** Red Without Blue (2007) — This moving and fascinating film is the documentary feature début of Brooke Sebold, Benita Sills […]

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