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THE PROMISED LAND Trailer: Mads Mikkelsen Fights For Honor in Denmark’s Oscar Entry

M.J. O'Toole — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:26:40 +0000

Whenever he’s not playing your usual villain in blockbusters, Mads Mikkelsen displays his impeccable wide range of acting in his native Denmark. He is just fresh off a Best Actor win at the European Film Awards for his performance in […]

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THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:54:26 +0000

If you haven’t seen this film, I urge you to do so now. Drop whatever you’re doing – flee your kid’s Little League game, quit your job, leave your wife in the middle of giving birth – and watch it

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HUNT, THE (JAGTEN)

Tom Hall — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:37:27 +0000

The Hunt is as taut a movie as they come, allowing the faces and eyes of the actors to deliver information and meaning without deploying narrative tricks or letting his focused visual style get in the way of the film’s multifaceted emotional meaning.

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Cannes 2012 Dispatch #10: Love, Actually

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:59:07 +0000

Back in my Polish flat mere hours before the closing ceremony of this year’s festival—my elbows still sore from fighting my way into press screenings—I duly watched the verdict unravel upon my Twitter feed, hitting the ‘refresh’ button incessantly as […]

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HOME VIDEO PICKS

Michael Tully — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:58:29 +0000

This week will not go down in memory as one of the greatest weeks of home video releases to ever occur, but there do appear to be some pleasures for the taking nonetheless: Recommended Valhalla Rising (MPI Home Video) — […]

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VOD REPORT

Michael Tully — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:42:58 +0000

Note: This month, we welcome contributing watcher/writer John Lichman into the fold—hooray!—to not only take the pressure off your overburdened head writer/editor, but to bring some linguistic variety to the table. Hopefully in the future our contributor horizons will only […]

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VOD REPORT

Michael Tully — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:01:18 +0000

KEY: — A three-star marking (***) equals a very high recommendation. — A two-star marking (**) equals a high recommendation. — A one-star marking (*) equals a recommendation. — A no-star marking is reserved for those titles that are worth […]

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BAMcinemaFEST 2010 – An Overview (Updated Daily!!!)

Michael Tully — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:18:37 +0000

After a resoundingly successful first year, BAMcinemaFEST is back to reaffirm its status as one of the premiere showcases in New York City for the freshest and brightest cinema of the current calendar year. While the BAMcinemaFEST program is most […]

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VIDEO ON DEMAND – June 2010

Michael Tully — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:11:07 +0000

From the positive feedback based our first ever Hammer to Nail monthly VOD report in May, it sounds like this was something that was indeed long overdue. Many thanks to those filmmakers and distributors who rose to the challenge and […]

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