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TIFF 2023 WAVELENGTH & CLASSICS LINEUPS: New Films From Radu Jude, Angela Schanelec, & The Late Jean-Luc Godard To Be Showcased

M.J. O'Toole — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 22:04:25 +0000

The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for both its Wavelength and Classics sections. The former section is known for its politically charged, geographically diverse fare with a wide range of work drawn from the worlds of documentary, […]

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TOMMY GUNS Trailer: A Exploration of Young Lives During Civil War

M.J. O'Toole — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 21:06:08 +0000

One of the most early buzzed about films on the festival circuit is Carlos Conceição’s bold examination of war, Tommy Guns. With elements of Pedro Costa and Claire Denis’ Beau Travail, it highlights the fog of war through the eyes […]

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VITALINA VARELA

Ray Lobo — Wed, 25 May 2022 16:20:26 +0000

(Check out Ray Lobo’s Vitalina Varela movie review. It’s now playing as part of the Metrograph A-Z series. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page). Vitalina Varela is a film profoundly concerned with abandonment. Director Pedro Costa […]

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Nelson Kim’s 2019 New York Film Festival Report

Nelson Kim — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 18:38:28 +0000

The 2019 New York Film Festival began with a bang — the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s feverishly anticipated The Irishman. And The Irishman itself ended with a whimper, or something close to it: This long (three and a half […]

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Premiere Brazil! 2012 at MoMA (July 12-24, 2012)

Michael Tully — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:22:49 +0000

Watching a hearty batch of screeners back-to-back-to-back for many of the films playing in the 10th anniversary edition of the “Premiere Brazil! 2012” series (a collaboration between MoMA and the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival), it was impossible not […]

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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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ANAHEIM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Film Festivals and Taco Trucks

The Editorial Staff — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:21:18 +0000

Over the past month my films have screened in a variety of circumstances—the kind of variety that is more demoralizing than exhilarating, the kind of variety that makes one wonder if there’s such a thing as an ideal screening. It’s […]

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NE CHANGE RIEN

Cullen Gallagher — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:30:08 +0000

Stunningly sculpted in high-contrast black-and-white celluloid, Pedro Costa’s Ne Change Rien is one of the few documentaries that can rightfully claim to actually be about music.

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Making PUTTY HILL by Matthew Porterfield

Matthew Porterfield — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:06:16 +0000

(This essay is a joint post with Ted Hope’s Truly Free Film blog. For more information, visit the official Putty Hill and Metal Gods websites, as well as the Putty Hill Kickstarter page to contribute to the cause.) 2009 was […]

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Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 5

Michael Tully — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:51:13 +0000

(If you haven’t already, please be sure to check out Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 1 for a series explanation and to read the first batch of reflections.) Filmmaker Reflections – The 2000s: Vol. 5 The state of American […]

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