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SPRING BREAKERS

Michael Tully — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:46:30 +0000

Spring Breakers is like a giant, exploding water balloon of gleefully jarring contradictions.

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OREGONIAN, THE

Alex Ross Perry — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:30:12 +0000

The Oregonian ultimately suggests that we never find the abyss; we only wake up to realize we are already there.

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A Conversation With Dustin Guy Defa (BAD FEVER)

Michael Tully — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:21:31 +0000

In the past year, and with only two films, Dustin Guy Defa has firmly cemented himself as one of American independent cinema’s strongest new voices. Premiering at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival and featuring a star-making performance by Kentucker Audley, […]

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BELLFLOWER

Mike S. Ryan — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:00:56 +0000

Bellflower is an explosive, outrageous, and dynamic first film that lives way outside the margins of what we call indie film today.

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DVD RELEASES 2010/9/21

Michael Tully — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:59:52 +0000

Today is big, folks. Like, really, really big. Not only is one monumental nonfiction DVD boxed set being released; two are. For anyone who’s caught the briefest snippets of these masterworks, the importance of having these titles commercially available—as opposed […]

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BUILDER, THE

David Lowery — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:05:22 +0000

(The Builder is now available on DVD through Jagjagjuwar. Buy it here.) R. Alverson’s debut feature The Builder was one of the centerpieces of last week’s New York Times article on record labels jumping into the independent film distribution game; […]

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TRASH HUMPERS

Michael Tully — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:00:37 +0000

Trying to erase Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers from one’s mind is like trying to scrub graffiti off a brick wall with a diaper and some spit. This alternately hilarious and haunting ode to a recent-but-bygone pop-cultural tradition might very well […]

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A Conversation With Harmony Korine (TRASH HUMPERS)

Michael Tully — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:05:37 +0000

(NOTE: This conversation was first published in the fall of 2009 when Trash Humpers screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.) Whatever one thinks of Harmony Korine’s work, with his latest cinematic assault—the verrrry literally named Trash Humpers—one thing becomes […]

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SXSW 2010 – A Preview

Michael Tully — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:07:33 +0000

Whenever March 1st arrives, I can’t help but have the following thought: not only am I lucky to be alive, I am so-so very-very lucky-lucky to be me-me-me. For at no other time of year do my most cherished personal […]

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CPH:DOX 2009 – A Wrap-Up

Michael Tully — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:07:50 +0000

Trying to explain CPH:DOX isn’t as easy as it might seem. Though its full name is the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, a quick scan of the DOX:AWARD nominees makes you wonder if they’re kidding or not. In what universe […]

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