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Bert&Bertie’s Great Girl Adventure

By Bert&Bertie | January 17, 2020

Bert&Bertie’s Great Girl Adventure

Troop Zero's directing duo on the importance of female collaboration and making the female answer to Stand By Me and The Goonies.

Best of 2019: Aisha Tyler on Julius Onah’s Luce

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By Aisha Tyler | January 16, 2020

Best of 2019: Aisha Tyler on Julius Onah’s Luce

The actress-writer-director spotlights one of the movies that stood out during a particularly strong year for cinema.

Best of 2019: Trey Edward Shults on Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse

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By Trey Edward Shults | January 15, 2020

Best of 2019: Trey Edward Shults on Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse

The writer-director of Waves on his favorite movie of the year (which just happens to be by a friend of his!).

Underrated/Overlooked: Katherine Dieckmann on Give Me Liberty

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By Katherine Dieckmann | January 14, 2020

Underrated/Overlooked: Katherine Dieckmann on Give Me Liberty

The writer-director of Strange Weather on Kirill Mikhanovsky's comedy drama, one of her favorite movies of 2019.

Underrated/Overlooked: SJ Chiro on Atlantics

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By SJ Chiro | January 13, 2020

Underrated/Overlooked: SJ Chiro on Atlantics

The writer-director makes the case for Mati Diop's unique Cannes-winning debut feature being among the very best movies of the year.

The 2019 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors Share Their Top 10 Movies of the Year

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By Filmmakers | January 10, 2020

The 2019 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors Share Their Top 10 Movies of the Year

A selection of poll ballots from filmmakers, including Alex Ross Perry, Ondi Timoner and Chelsea Stardust, who voted for their favorite films of 2019.

In a Bubble

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By Andrew Desmond | January 10, 2020

In a Bubble

The Sonata's writer-director examines the roots of how fascination with deviating wildly from portrayals of everyday life in his films.

Catharsis in Disaster: A Spiritual Defense of Cats

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By Benjamin Shearn | January 9, 2020

Catharsis in Disaster: A Spiritual Defense of Cats

Screenwriter and editor Benjamin Shearn on why we should all appreciate the rare, unifying glory that is a bad movie of this magnitude.

Best of 2019: Catherine Hardwicke Talks Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite

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By Catherine Hardwicke | January 9, 2020

Best of 2019: Catherine Hardwicke Talks Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite

As an architect and a filmmaker, Hardwicke shares her love of one of the most acclaimed movies of the past year.

Looking Backwards and Forwards

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By Liz Manashil | January 8, 2020

Looking Backwards and Forwards

Writer-director Liz Manashil on traveling through time in Speed of Life and on the eve of 2020.