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“Digging for Fire” Is The Most Swanberg-ish Film Yet
With another year comes another Joe Swanberg joint about middle-class ennui. There are any number of reasons to roll one’s eyes at the prolific indie filmmaker’s latest, Digging For Fire—its blatant heteronormativity, adherence to traditional gender roles, uns...
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Spotlight on Fandor: This Week’s Top Picks
Fandor’s ever-increasing selection of well-curated films can be daunting for new and long-time subscribers alike, especially given the obscurity of most of the selections. With that in mind, we select five films every week available for streaming to promote fo...
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“Happy Christmas” An Enjoyable Mumblecore Entry
Am I supposed to have an opinion on mumblecore? Because I honestly don't. And I feel like any review of a Joe Swanberg film is supposed to be prefaced with some expounding on how the writer feels about mumblecore, as it's a style that draws reactions in a very...
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Dardennes, Dolan and Berlinale Winner the Highlights of the 2014 Sydney Film Festival
This past Sunday, the 61st annual edition of the Sydney Film Festival came to a close. Of the more than 180 films that screened at the festival, a dozen fought it out in the Official Competition, with the $61,000 prize eventually going to Luc and Jean-Pierre D...
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“The Sacrament” Exploits Tragedy For Thrills And Meaning
Ti West is nothing if not obsessed by the past. In point of fact, the guy has built most of his career on dipping into the well of 60s-80s horror, drawing on notable niches of both eras to provide blueprints for movies ranging from House of the Devil to The In...
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Top 10 Chicago Movies
Despite being the nation's third most populous city, Chicago remains oddly underrepresented on film. Loving natives like John Hughes, David Mamet, and Michael Mann really latched onto it and made it an integral aspect of the cinematic expression, but it remain...
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“Jodorowsky’s Dune”: Revealing a Visionary
A review of the documentary entitled "Jodorowsky's Dune".
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Factory 25 to Distribute ‘All the Light in the Sky’
Brooklyn-based distributors Factory 25 have announced that they have acquired the distribution rights to Drinking Buddies director Joe Swanberg's latest film, All the Light in the Sky.
The film stars Jane Adams as Marie, a middle-aged actress struggling in ...
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AFI Fest Review: ‘The Sacrament’
A new wave of horror has come in the form of "mumblegore," and I've not yet drunk its kool-aid (that phrase is an appropriate one to use in a review for this film, as you'll come to understand in a moment). I get the idea of using "realistic" verbal patter and...
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Director Joe Swanberg Talks ‘Drinking Buddies’, Collaboration, and Craft Brewing
Better late than never, right? Drinking Buddies hit iTunes on July 25th, made a go at its theatrical run on August 23rd, and played the festival circuit for months before either of those dates, but Joe Swanberg's latest only opened up in Boston this past Frida...
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