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ROOFTOP FILMS 2023 LINEUP: See the Indie Hits Coming to NYC This Summer

M.J. O'Toole — Thu, 04 May 2023 15:00:22 +0000

Any New Yorkers have plans this summer? How about chilling under the sun to some of this year’s hot new indie films? Rooftop Films has just announced its lineup for its 2023 Summer Series, which will take place throughout NYC […]

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JACKALS & FIREFLIES: Watch Charlie Kaufman’s Harmonious New Short Film

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:38:48 +0000

Look no further if you’re waiting for the next Charlie Kaufman project. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has just released a short film he directed, a love poem of sorts to New York City. Jackals & Fireflies was shot on the Samsung […]

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RATS

Don R. Lewis — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:30:34 +0000

They outnumber us, outsmart us and are getting hungrier. It’s just a matter of time.

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MOST VIOLENT YEAR, A

Matt Delman — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:00:41 +0000

Genre fans may dismiss A Most Violent Year as The Least Violent Crime Film Ever Made, but that doesn’t mean it lacks intensity.

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ONE YEAR LEASE

Michael Tully — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:27:13 +0000

Brian Bolster’s painfully hilarious One Year Lease left me feeling all sorts of contradictory emotions: frustration, relief, despair, glee.

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DRIVERS WANTED

Michael Tully — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:00:30 +0000

Without adding unnecessary spice or drama, the filmmakers provide an honest glimpse into the lives of human beings who have chosen a profession that, like just about every job that has ever existed, has its good and its bad times.

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FRANCES HA

Michael Tully — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:15:50 +0000

Frances Ha is about those maddening late-20-something days when you know it's time to grow up but the world won't let you get there yet.

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RUBBERBAND IS AN UNLIKELY INSTRUMENT, A

Michael Tully — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:09:28 +0000

A Rubberband Is An Unlikely Instrument is a heavy, sobering achievement, the type of novelistic nonfiction storytelling that doesn't come around too often.

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A Conversation With Rick Alverson (THE COMEDY)

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:48:55 +0000

Musician and filmmaker Rick Alverson premiered his new film The Comedy at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. I caught it at BAMcinemaFest this summer, and have been telling people to keep an eye out for it ever since. Picked up […]

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A Conversation With Ry Russo-Young (YOU WON’T MISS ME)

Michael Tully — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:00:15 +0000

[NOTE: Now that You Won’t Miss Me is available in an excellent Limited Edition DVD/Vinyl package thanks to Factory 25, we wanted to make sure you read this conversation if you haven’t already!] As you can tell from the opening […]

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