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Daughters

Daughters

In 2013, Angela Patton gave a TEDXWomen Talk that went viral. She spoke about a...

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The Last Front

The Last Front

"The Last Front" is a first-rate calling-card movie—a medium-budget project that...

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The Fairy Tale Shoes: Interview With the Cast and Crew of Cuckoo

The Fairy Tale Shoes: Interview With the Cast and Crew...

Fittingly, director Tilman Singer’s “Cuckoo” feels very much like a bird's nest...

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Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds

Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds

Patient and kindhearted, a painted storybook in motion, "Sirocco and the Kingdom...

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The Box Office is Everything: In Praise of the Window at the Front of the Theater

The Box Office is Everything: In Praise of the Window at...

When I was in college I worked at a Dallas movie theater, the Inwood. It was an...

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MaXXXine

MaXXXine

Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by storm in 2022 with the...

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Escape

Escape

The high-concept South Korean army thriller “Escape” clocks in at a swift 94 minutes...

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The Imaginary

The Imaginary

Born from the still unbridled creativity of children, where an empty room and a...

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The Secret Art of Human Flight

The Secret Art of Human Flight

Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah (Reina...

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The Nature of Love

The Nature of Love

Writer-director Monia Chokri’s “The Nature of Love,” is a two-hour foray into longing,...

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Mother, Couch!

Mother, Couch!

From the moment Dave (Ewan McGregor) frantically walks across a deserted parking...

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KVIFF: A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, Stranger, Rude to Love

KVIFF: A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, Stranger, Rude...

No matter how many films I see at a festival, I almost always miss the big prize...

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KVIFF 2024: Wrap-up and Awards

KVIFF 2024: Wrap-up and Awards

I love film festivals. It’s as simple as that. You go, usually to a far-flung location,...

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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Ride Again with Criterion's 50th Anniversary Release

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Ride Again with Criterion's...

Sam Peckinpah’s “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid” has about it an air of abeyance,...

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​Time to Bloom: KiKi Layne on Dandelion

​Time to Bloom: KiKi Layne on Dandelion

In “Dandelion,” a struggling Cincinnati singer-songwriter (KiKi Layne, “If Beale...

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Book Excerpt: The World is Yours: The Story of Scarface by Glenn Kenny

Book Excerpt: The World is Yours: The Story of Scarface...

We are incredibly proud to present an excerpt from contributor Glenn Kenny's new...

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Short Films in Focus: Floating Through the Nowhere Stream with Director Luis Grané

Short Films in Focus: Floating Through the Nowhere Stream...

At this moment, you’re likely floating in the Nowhere Stream. There’s no telling...

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The Ross Brothers Made a Road-Trip Movie. They Didn’t Come Back the Same.

The Ross Brothers Made a Road-Trip Movie. They Didn’t Come...

For filmmaking brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross, every movie is a journey....

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A Good Reason to Be a Coward: Jim Cummings on The Last Stop in Yuma County

A Good Reason to Be a Coward: Jim Cummings on The Last...

The premise for Francis Gallupi’s directorial debut, “The Last Stop in Yuma County,”...

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Launch Day for My Book, It's Time To Give a FECK! Book Tour Dates, Tamron Hall Show

Launch Day for My Book, It's Time To Give a FECK! Book...

UPDATE: Today, May 7th, marks the launch of Chaz Ebert's new book, It's Time to Give...