(Check out Savina Petkova’s Parallel Tales movie review. The film just had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Before he started working on his last film, A Hero (Grand Jury […]

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(Returning for its 13th edition, the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look Festival  (https://movingimage.org/series/firstlook2024/) marks the emergence of strong breakout international cinema. From March 13-17, it will screen over three dozen eclectic films, both features and shorts, making their […]

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Not only are all 767 minutes of the 10 episodes + 2 feature films included (the box lists the length at 754 minutes, so Criterion must not count the credits), but so are 184 minutes of supplements, all on their very own disc

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(The Three Colors trilogy was released in 1993-94. It is now available on DVD and Blu-ray via Criterion.) There’s an underlying connectivity to Three Colors that should probably feel contrived. It flows through characters and situations like an electrical current, not […]

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