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SPOTLIGHT: ROBERT LONGSTREET SHINES IN QUEER INDIES

A.D. Calvo — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:29:43 +0000

Jules of Light and Dark and A Dim Valley proudly bare rainbow shades over subtly plotted rural American narratives. They both deserve a spotlight. Featuring nuanced performances from Robert Longstreet—an indie darling whose star has steadily risen—you have to ask […]

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THE 19TH ANNUAL OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL KICKS OFF THIS WEEK!

Melanie Addington — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 18:28:34 +0000

For the first time in almost 19 years, I am not involved with Oxford Film Festival in any way other than as a fan and I am so happy to share that the team of Jim Brunzell and Program Director […]

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DIANE

Tue, 22 May 2018 19:20:55 +0000

One could also call the single-mindedness of Diane’s thematic development "Bressonian." But this comparison would undermine the significance of the more freewheeling side of Jones’ first stab at the fiction film.

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A Conversation with Michael Tully (DON’T LEAVE HOME)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:35:11 +0000

I met with filmmaker Michael Tully (the former editor of this site), on Friday, March 16, at SXSW 2018, to discuss his latest movie, Don’t Leave Home (reviewed by Don Simpson), which premiered at the festival. The film, a disturbing […]

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DON’T LEAVE HOME

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:14:43 +0000

Don’t Leave Home suggests that when religion falls into manipulative hands with ulterior motives (namely power and wealth) it can become menacingly evil.

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SUMMER PASTURE

Michael Tully — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:30:17 +0000

While Summer Pasture qualifies as a work of ethnography, its overflowing humanity makes it something altogether more tender and sweet.

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FIREWORKS ON DISPLAY

Michael Tully — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:30:01 +0000

(NOTE: This is a reposting of an old list but it never gets old so we’re reminding you of it once again!) In order to celebrate this 4th of July weekend, we thought we’d publish a new HTN list for […]

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A Conversation With Alexander Olch (THE WINDMILL MOVIE)

Michael Tully — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:55:48 +0000

[NOTE: This conversation was first posted in June 2009 when The Windmill Movie was released theatrically at the Film Forum in New York City.] Alexander Olch always wanted to be a narrative filmmaker. He maintained this focus at Harvard, an […]

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RESTREPO

Michael Tully — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:00:43 +0000

To say that Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s Restrepo starts with a bang is not to dabble in generic wordplay. This one-year chronicle (mid-‘07 to mid-‘08) of a platoon of American soldiers stationed in Afghanistan’s deadly Korengal Valley lets you know right away that the sole agenda of Restrepo is to present a faithful document of soldiers who are on the ground and in combat.

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NY EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ

Michael Tully — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:55:37 +0000

I know it’s only March, but with Sundance and SXSW in the can, I am ready to declare that the finest new American film of 2010 is actually a 45-minute filmed adaptation of an experimental 1958 ballet.

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