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Jim Brunzell’s 2018 Fantastic Fest Primer

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:32:33 +0000

Some cinephiles would say it’s “the most wonderful time of the year.” The fall movie festival season begun a few weeks ago with Venice, Telluride, and Toronto unveiling their star-studded and Oscar-baiting films, but there are still a few more […]

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ON THE FRINGE, PART TEN: TANGERINE (2015)

Wed, 23 May 2018 17:26:46 +0000

“There is a class of people in this world who have fallen into the lowest degree of humiliation, far below beggary, and who are deprived not only of all social consideration but also, in everybody’s opinion, of the specific human […]

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A Conversation with Matthew Porterfield (SOLLERS POINT)

Christopher Reed — Wed, 16 May 2018 22:32:11 +0000

I met with writer/director Matthew Porterfield on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at the Maryland Film Festival (MdFF). We discussed his most recent feature – his fourth – Sollers Point (which I also reviewed), set in Baltimore, hometown to the both of […]

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A Conversation With Jeremy Saulnier (BLUE RUIN)

Michael Tully — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 23:02:01 +0000

Text Message Exchange 7/5/2012 (posted at the request of Jeremy Saulnier) Tully: Not sure if y’all realized but today is the two-year anniversary of our official first shooting day of good ol’ SEPTIEN! Saulnier: Bless you, sir. It was a […]

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SHORT FILM CONTEST WINNER/RUNNERS-UP: SPRING ’14

Michael Tully — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:04:17 +0000

Well whaddya know. Based on the way the numbers shook out, we are here to celebrate three films this month—one winner and two runners-up. So be it! A hearty thank you to Jeremy Saulnier (do not miss his Blue Ruin, […]

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SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ’14: WRAP-UP

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:04:31 +0000

“I could see this being the next Park City a few years down the line,” one filmmaker said to me about halfway through the 2014 Sun Valley Film Festival. “Both festivals even have the same first syllable.” It’s ostensibly an […]

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YOU HURT MY FEELINGS

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:00:08 +0000

You Hurt My Feelings is like a Buster Keaton comedy of pain slowed all the way down to the depressive pace of jobless-recovery culture.

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PUTTY HILL

Cullen Gallagher — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:30:12 +0000

With Putty Hill, Porterfield has made good on all the promises of Hamilton, creating a film that is at once more redolent and reticent, but that also takes his narrative experimentation another step forward.

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Making PUTTY HILL by Matthew Porterfield

Matthew Porterfield — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:06:16 +0000

(This essay is a joint post with Ted Hope’s Truly Free Film blog. For more information, visit the official Putty Hill and Metal Gods websites, as well as the Putty Hill Kickstarter page to contribute to the cause.) 2009 was […]

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HAMILTON

Michael Tully — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:19:44 +0000

(Hamilton is now available as part of a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD package with Putty Hill thanks to Cinema Guild. Visit the film’s official website for upcoming release information.) Adulthood ruins summer. At least it did for me. The spoiled, […]

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