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A Conversation with Corneliu Porumboiu (THE WHISTLERS)

Christopher Reed — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:53:57 +0000

I met with Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) on Friday, September 6, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss The Whistlers (which I also reviewed), his latest film. An engagingly strange, lyrical and melancholy crime thriller, it […]

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THE WHISTLERS (LA GOMERA)

Christopher Reed — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:20:42 +0000

A glorious oddity of a metaphysical thriller, Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers (original title “La Gomera,” after the Canary Island where much of the initial action takes place) whisks us back and forth in time and space to keep us constantly guessing about its characters’ next moves.

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A Conversation With Chad Hartigan (THIS IS MARTIN BONNER)

Michael Tully — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:28:24 +0000

Chad Hartigan’s 2008 debut feature, Luke and Brie Are On A First Date, was a humble little micro-budget affair about a budding romance between young 20-somethings in Los Angeles. Watching This Is Martin Bonner (official website), you’d be forgiven for […]

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A Conversation with Richard Peña

Nelson Kim — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:00:40 +0000

This year, the New York Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary, and its 25th with Richard Peña at the helm. Hired in 1988 to replace Richard Roud, the NYFF’s founding director, Peña has served as both the festival’s Selection Committee […]

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AURORA

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:05:46 +0000

Aurora is a reciprocal affair which the audience must work as diligently to interpret as director Cristi Puiu did in creating it.

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TONY MANERO

Michael Tully — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:53:06 +0000

(Tony Manero is being distributed by Lorber HT Digital. It opened at Cinema Village on Friday, July 3rd. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) The first time I saw Pablo Larrain’s Tony Manero (at its 2008 New York […]

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4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS

Tom Hall — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:45:50 +0000

(Buy 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days at Amazon and visit the film’s IFC page to watch the trailer.) It’s Bucharest, 1987; the Ceausescu regime is entering its final days and Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) has a problem. A college […]

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