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Drinking Buddies
Joe Swanberg is a well-known independent director who is notorious for his no budget, no script approach to...
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Out in the Dark (SFJFF Review)
A raw and sensuous tale of forbidden love across a cavernous sociopolitical divide (the Israeli-Palestinian divide, to be...
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Drug War
After a brief journey into romantic comedies and dramas, Johnnie To returns to the genre he knows best...
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Interview: Neil Drumming of Big Words
For years, Neil Drumming was a successful journalist, most notably writing for Entertainment Weekly. Now, he’s jumped to...
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Closure
When Bryan Tucker filmed his wife Angela’s journey of searching for her birth family, he didn’t think he’d...
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Interview: Ziad Doueiri of The Attack
Writer-director Ziad Doueiri’s new film, The Attack (which I highly recommend), incurred a tidal wave of Arab anger...
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Interview: David Gordon Green of Prince Avalanche
Back in May at the San Francisco International Film Festival, I sat down with director David Gordon Green...
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The Attack (SFJFF Review)
Though set in the trenches of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ziad Doueiri’s mystery-thriller The Attack operates predominantly on an...
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Rue Mandar (SFJFF Review)
Following the death of their beloved family matriarch, two sisters (Sandrine Kiberlain and Emmanuelle Devos), their brother (Richard...
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The End of Love
Mark Webber’s sophomore effort as a director, The End of Love, follows a jobless single-father who is struggling...
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The Cutoff Man (SFJFF Review)
Set in a sun-toasted Israel, first-timer Idan Hubel’s The Cutoff Man is a patiently reflective tale of an...
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10 Best Films to Cool You Off
There’s a famous urban legend concerning a man who accidently trapped himself inside a freezer. Understanding his death...
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Life According to Sam (SFJFF Review)
In the mid ‘90s, doctors Leslie Gordon and Scott Berns fell in love and had a child. His...
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Welcome To Pine Hill
Winner of the jury prize at Slamdance 2012, Keith Miller’s Welcome to Pine Hill is about a man...
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TIFF 2013: Vanguard and Documentary lineups announced
Easily my favorite program of the Toronto International Film Festival each year is the Vanguard program. This TIFF...