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America, the Discontent: Hal Hartley’s Dated Composite Trust (1990) and the Cheap Renewal of the American Independent Landen Fulton Camouflaged by cheap buzzwords like “arthouse” and “indie,” A24 and Neon have jury-rigged the theater (and subsequently the award … Read more
The Night of the Hunter (1955) Review
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(Post) Soviet Life and the Anti-Ethnographer’s Gaze
(Post) Soviet Life and the Anti-Ethnographer’s Gaze Landen Fulton Soviet Woman in D’est – Icarus Films Cold is the night of the wintry Post-Soviet Eastern Bloc. The bones of a dilapidating brutalist state lay the backdrop, as dozens of … Read more