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A Conversation with Jessica Oreck (ONE MAN DIES A MILLION TIMES)

Christopher Reed — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:51:26 +0000

I met with director Jessica Oreck at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival, on Sunday, March 10, to discuss her newest film, the narrative feature One Man Dies a Million Times (which I also reviewed). A haunting dramatization of the Siege […]

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ONE MAN DIES A MILLION TIMES Trailer: Jessica Oreck’s Meditation on War, Love, & Humanity

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:32:43 +0000

In 2019, writer-director Jessica Oreck premiered her Tarkovsky-Esque black-and-white film One Man Dies A Million Times at SXSW. Shot by the great indie cinematographer Sean Price Williams (Good Time), the film centers on a young couple (Alyssa Lozovskaya and Maksim […]

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ONE MAN DIES A MILLION TIMES

Christopher Reed — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:57:45 +0000

Time is malleable, the search for meaning eternal, and infinity born out of specificity. The result? A haunting meditation on the nature of humanity and how to survive our own downfall.

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CONTEMPORARY COLOR

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 19:42:10 +0000

Let’s just say that the cinematic pedigree of Contemporary Color does not disappoint.

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AATSINKI: THE STORY OF ARCTIC COWBOYS

Robert Greene — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:30:23 +0000

This is a film best seen as the effort of a curious artist, endlessly intrigued by the way the world works and ambitious enough to share the mysteries discovered.

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A Conversation With Alex Ross Perry (THE COLOR WHEEL)

Michael Tully — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:38:42 +0000

Since the long planned HTN conversation between myself and Alex Ross Perry was also shaping up to be his last—at least with regards to his film The Color Wheel‘s impending theatrical release in New York City (on Friday, May 18, […]

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2010 Cinema Eye Honors: Tully’s POV

Michael Tully — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:14:28 +0000

Friday night at The Times Center in midtown Manhattan, the documentary community gathered for the third annual Cinema Eye Honors to toast the best nonfiction filmmaking of 2009. The room was packed with familiar names and faces, featuring several living […]

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Help Save CINEMA NOLITA: Benefits This Weekend

Lena Dunham — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:32:46 +0000

As New York’s video stores close, one by one, we mourn the loss of a precious resource: community clubhouses, libraries for cinephiles. But even more deeply felt (by me) has been the slow extinction of the Video Store Guy, that […]

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SXSW ‘09: Tuesday/Wednesday Wrap-Up

Michael Tully — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:05:37 +0000

My final two days of viewing at SXSW brought more interesting treats. Of course, there is so very much that I didn’t get to see (Winnegebo Man, Sorry, Thanks, etc.), but that just gives me more of a reason to […]

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