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A Conversation With Kat Candler (HELLION)

Michael Tully — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:17:41 +0000

Kat Candler has been making films for over a decade now, but it wasn’t until this year’s Sundance Film Festival that she found herself stepping all the way into the spotlight. The feature-length adaptation of her Sundance approved 2012 short, […]

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BASTARDS

Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:14:15 +0000

Claire Denis's latest is a jigsaw puzzle of a film that goes out of its own way to punch you in the jaw when you least expect it to.

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GIMME THE LOOT

Michael Tully — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:00:19 +0000

Never sacrificing one for the other, Gimme The Loot somehow manages to be both raw and sweet at the same time.

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A Conversation With Mike Birbiglia and Jacob Jaffke (SLEEPWALK WITH ME)

Michael Tully — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:30:34 +0000

(Sleepwalk With Me is now available on DVD, Blu-ray, and at Amazon Instant through MPI Home Video.) As a stand-up comedian, author, and contributor to the popular NPR radio show This American Life, Mike Birbiglia has proven that he has […]

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A Conversation With Mia Hansen-Løve (GOODBYE FIRST LOVE)

Tom Hall — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:46:33 +0000

“I trust you to improve my English!” So says the voice of Mia Hansen-Løve to Tom Hall while wrapping up their conversation that took place last fall at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. As Mr. Hall is currently hard […]

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KID WITH A BIKE, THE

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:30:20 +0000

Typical descriptions of the Dardennes’ work—humble without being slight, realistic while maintaining a distinctly cinematic flair—are accurate enough when speaking of this film, but they fail to account for its momentum.

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A Conversation With Don Argott and Demian Fenton (LAST DAYS HERE)

Michael Tully — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:30:45 +0000

When Don Argott and Demian Fenton first pointed their cameras at Bobby Liebling, they weren’t doing it with the intention of making a 90-minute documentary called Last Days Here. But it wasn’t long before this tentative video project turned into […]

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LONELIEST PLANET, THE

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:18:23 +0000

One could defend the existence of The Loneliest Planet simply based on the beauty of Hani Furstenberg’s pulsating red hair contrasted against the vibrantly verdant Caucasus Mountains, though there’s much more going on here beyond swaths of color.

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HOUSE OF PLEASURES

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:00:50 +0000

House of Pleasures is lush and languid to the point of creating something like an opium-induced dream state from which neither it nor the viewer ever fully awakens.

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A Conversation With Andrew Haigh (WEEKEND)

Michael Tully — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:08:45 +0000

Andrew Haigh’s Weekend, which world premiered at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival and immediately turned into the discovery of the fest, has continued to charm audiences wherever it screens (I myself finally caught up with it at the Maryland Film […]

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