Advertisements A two-minute curiosity, an exercise in illumination — Time Life Volume 15. Monument to a Period of Time in Which I Lived is a fascinating look at temporary space. As a candle burns down to the end of its wick, we…
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Advertisements A film that feels necessary to witness on a big screen is a rare sort of magic. With his second feature, Spanish director Gabriel Azorín sought to create that special alchemy. Though at times Last Night I Conquered the City of…
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Advertisements There is a single honeyed thread woven throughout the subdued quiet of Drunken Noodles — quite literally. In every change of “act” (which is also a change of lover), there is a title screen. An older man appears from behind, and…
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Advertisements Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain is a languid exploration of temporal space. Using ambient film taken on the streets of urban Montreal — alongside voice messages and images from what seems to be a life well-lived — Colombian writer-director…
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Advertisements The magnificence of writer-director Ben Rivers’ latest offering, Mare’s Nest, is entirely in its willingness to hope. In this delightful fable, childhood becomes a universe unto itself, where the greatest hopes of the best of us are met with open arms,…
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Advertisements Duwayne Dunham’s career is storied across mediums. In film, he’s built a lifelong creative partnership with some of the greats, and his editing hand has touched some of the biggest films of a generation: beginning as an assistant editor on Star…
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Advertisements I’ve spent the last two years cradled in a small mountain town in the Pyrenees, the land that forged the blood of my ancestors. I swear they whisper to me at night, half-smoke and half-memory, and for a person who has…
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Advertisements D’A Film Festival ‘Las Largas Sombras’/’Past Lies’ Review: Death on the Spanish Coastline in this Queer Coming-Of-Age Series The first episode of ‘Las Largas Sombras’ (streaming on Hulu as ‘Past Lies’) made its spectacular debut at Barcelona’s D’A Film Festival. The…
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“I think that unfortunately in this day and age, people really don’t want to see women expressing sexuality as having agency [...] I see BDSM—and any sort of consensual and safe sexual activity—as a healthy form of self-expression, that any kind of…
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“I was getting a little burnt out on telling other people’s stories. It was time for me to tell mine.”…
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