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Review: Be Thankful Sarah Polley Shares 'Stories We Tell'
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The accomplished actress/director reflects on a surprising chapter in her own personal history and realizes an extraordinary truth. Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The Moveable Fest
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Katie Aselton Scales “Black Rock,” But Not Without Some Bumps Along the Way
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A dramatic change of pace after her romantic debut “The Freebie” isn’t the only twist in store for audiences with the triple threat’s sophomore film, where besides acting and directing she’s also adept at swinging an axe. Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The Moveable Fest
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Interview: Matthew Bonifacio on Good Luck Being on His Side in Building "Fortune House"
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A Spirit Award-nominated filmmaker talks about finding his niche in short films, including his latest, a clever small-scale romantic comedy between two people lacking a way to communicate. Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at The Moveable Fest
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Review: Gerwig and Baumbach Get the Last Laugh With 'Frances Ha'
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The director of "Kicking & Screaming" finally matures as a storyteller with a frenzied young woman as his muse. Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The Moveable Fest
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Kickstart This! Gabe Klinger's Filmmaker Portrait “Cinéma, de notre temps: James Benning & Richard Linklater”
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Two maverick filmmakers are brought together for one special documentary about their 25-year friendship in the directorial debut of a respected film scholar who needs a little help from the crowd. Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The Moveable Fest
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Interview: Simon Ennis, Jonas Bell Pasht & Christopher Carson on Being Over the Moon About Their Doc "Lunarcy"
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A former astronaut, an opportunist who has dominated the lunar real estate market and a young man with dreams of a sustainable life in zero gravity all imagine a life on the moon in this touching, funny documentary. Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at The Moveable Fest
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“It Was Pornography”: Friedkin Closes the Book on the Missing 40 Minutes of “Cruising”
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The director opens up on his autobiography and the impossible films he made after climbing the A-List with “The Exorcist” and “The French Connection.” Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at The Moveable Fest
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Watch It Now: "Family Tree" Comedienne Nina Conti Monkeys Around in "Her Master's Voice"
Before she starts stealing scenes on Christopher Guest's new HBO series, you should check out the cheeky ventriloquist's hilarious, award-winning documentary. Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Review: No Need to Gild The Beautifully Understated Character Study "Lily"
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So much emotional precision in Matt Creed's debut feature about a young woman with an uncertain future after surviving cancer. Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Review: Dave Carroll Forges a Heavy-Duty Debut With the Strongman Doc "Bending Steel"
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A straightforward portrait of a man of many contradictions finds its strength as its central strongman develops his act. Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Interview: Susanne Bier on Making Audiences Comfortable By Getting Out of Her Comfort Zone With "Love Is All You Need"
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The Oscar-winning director of "In a Better World" and "After the Wedding" returns in a lighter register for a romantic comedy that's not without some weight and talks about not allowing cynicism to sneak in and why she must continue to challenge herself. Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Interview: Xan Cassavetes on Pumping Blood Into the Vampire Passion Project "Kiss of the Damned"
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Nearly a decade after making the essential film lover's doc "Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession," the filmmaker talks about her narrative debut that would be a great fit on its airwaves, a decadent vampire tale that brings high class style to a down and dirty horror flick. Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Interview: Jared Moshé, Clare Bowen, David Call & Barlow Jacobs Blaze a New Trail in "Dead Man's Burden"
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A Civil War buff talks about being able to live out his dream of making a Western with his well-heeled cast in this welcome throwback that plays out as a mystery of contemporary sophistication. Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Interview: Dan Krauss Shoots for Universal Truth in the Compelling Military Justice Doc "The Kill Team"
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The filmmaker behind a startling new documentary, which casts an unblinking eye on the American military justice system and how one soldier who dared to bring attention to war crimes got accused of one himself, talks about getting to the bottom of a moral and legal morass. Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Interview: Adam Shopkorn and Josh and Bennie Safdie on What Happened to "Lenny Cooke"
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A free-flowing conversation with the filmmakers behind an extraordinary new documentary about the rise, fall and return to normal for a basketballer who was once ranked as the best high school player in the country. Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Interview: Sam Fleischner, Andrea Suarez Paz & Jesus Sanchez-Velez on Opening Up "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors"
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Braving Hurricane Sandy and the variables that come with filming on the New York subway system, the filmmaker and the two stars of one of Tribeca's most vibrant films talk about how they made this incredible coming-of-age story. Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Review: "Frankenstein's Army" Has Fun Raising the Dead to Solider On
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Stitched together like one of Dr. Frankenstein's monsters, this found-footage horror flick becomes a good time when the action starts. Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Review: 'The Pretty One' Makes for a Dazzling Debut
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Zoe Kazan does double duty as twin sisters, one of whom is yearning for a less sheltered life, in writer/director Jenée LaMarque's sharp dramedy. Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Interview: Steph Green Makes a Great Leap With "Run & Jump"
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The director of the Oscar-nominated short "New Boy" returns with her first feature about the relationship that forms between a neuropsychologist and the wife of his subject who's had a stroke in a warmhearted Irish-set drama. Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Interview: Sean Dunne Finds Beauty But No Joy in Pillville on a Trip to "Oxyana"
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An already accomplished documentarian talks about making the leap to his first feature, how the Insane Clown Posse helped and his personal connection to the devastating story of a West Virginia community hooked on prescription pain killers. Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Review: "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" Fires Fast & Furiously on All Cylinders
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A fitting portrait for the sharp-witted Broadway legend who refuses to go quietly into the night at 87. Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Tribeca Film Fest '13 Interview: Lance Edmands on Returning Home to Capture "Bluebird"
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Having worked on several memorable films as an editor in the past few years such as Tiny Furniture and Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same, the filmmaker returns to Maine to make one of his own as a director. Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Interview: Danièle Thompson Spills on Her Bittersweet Trip to Learn What "Happened in Saint-Tropez"
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The Oscar-nominated director of "Avenue Montaigne" wrings tears of joy and sadness out of her latest film about a family divided between different traditions and talks about how the personal experience that was her inspiration and her writing collaboration with her son. Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Kickstart This! "Informant" Director Jamie Meltzer's Exonerated Detectives Story "Freedom Fighters"
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After showing two sides to the story of controversial activist-turned-informant Brandon Darby, the director of "Informant" chronicles the lives of three men who have become private investigators after proving their own innocence to get out of prison. Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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Interview: Alexandra McGuinness On Leaving the Life of "Lotus Eaters" Behind
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The first-time writer/director talks about the process of piecing together characters and overheard conversations into a decadent debut about pampered twentysomethings attempting to be in pursuit of something other than each other. Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2013 at The Moveable Fest
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