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SXSW ’15: Mike S. Ryan’s Wrap-Up

Mike S. Ryan — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:45:29 +0000

Real Cinema is still being made despite being now dwarfed at this festival by TV, technology and sports conferences running concurrently. There’s even rumors of some sort of food conference being added next year which only added to our sense […]

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SXSW ’15: TULLY’S WRAP-UP

Michael Tully — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:17:05 +0000

Including two titles I’d seen before the 2015 SXSW Film Festival kicked off (read my reviews of Western and Entertainment if you haven’t already), I managed to catch 22 features this year. Which is to say, not a pathetic number […]

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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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SUNDANCE ’14: TULLY’S WRAP-UP

Michael Tully — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:44:17 +0000

As a director who presented a new feature at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, I have found all of the press coming out of Park City lamenting the “meager deals” and somehow linking that to the “lackluster quality” of the […]

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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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CATECHISM CATACLYSM, THE

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:30:53 +0000

The Catechism Cataclysm isn’t a vengeful attack, nor is its purpose easily interpreted. Much like the non-sequitur stories that Father Billy relates as hopeful parables, there’s never any understanding or morale behind what this movie is.

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A Conversation With Todd Rohal (THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM)

Michael Tully — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:09:13 +0000

I wrote this about Todd Rohal’s latest film in my Sundance ’11 wrap-up: “If you didn’t get it from his debut feature The Guatemalan Handshake, Todd Rohal’s directorial brain simply does not work like anybody else’s. Thank God for that. […]

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FIREWORKS ON DISPLAY

Michael Tully — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:30:01 +0000

(NOTE: This is a reposting of an old list but it never gets old so we’re reminding you of it once again!) In order to celebrate this 4th of July weekend, we thought we’d publish a new HTN list for […]

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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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