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		<title>LEMONADE BLESSING</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anders Ljung]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(Check out Anders Ljung&#8217;s Lemonade Blessing  movie review. After a premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Fest, filmmaker Chris Merola is taking the film on a cross-country tour. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) There are [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>LOURDES</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tully]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(Lourdes is now available on DVD or Blu-ray through Palisades Tartan. It opened theatrically in March, 2011, at the Film Forum. Go here to watch a trailer and find out about upcoming screenings.) Is Jessica Hausner’s Lourdes pro-religion? Anti-religion? Pro-miracle? [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>DEFAMATION</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pamela Cohn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(Defamation has been picked up for distribution by First Run Features. It screens back-to-back at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs before moving onward. Visit the film’s official site for more information.) Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir’s Defamation makes its [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>GANJA &#038; HESS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Harris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>(Ganja &#38; Hess is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in a special remastered edition thanks to Kino International.) How do you make a Christian vampire movie? Perhaps more specifically, how does one make a film that accepts the idea [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>JONESTOWN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PEOPLES TEMPLE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Tully]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I first saw Stanley Nelson’s Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple almost exactly one year ago to the day. And while I personally make it a point to re-watch films before writing about them in a format such [&#8230;]</p>
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