Stories By Jordan M. Smith
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Reviews
Above and Below | 2015 Hot Docs Review
May 11, 2015Both the title and premise of Swiss director Nicolas Steiner’s latest documentary mildly echoes the recently...
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Reviews
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | Review
May 4, 20158 Feet Tall and Light as a Feather: Walker and LaMattina Chronicle the Life and Love...
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Features
What’s Up Doc?: Kent Jones, Asif Kapadia & Luc Jacquet Head to Cannes
May 1, 2015It should come as no surprise that Cannes Film Festival will play host to Kent Jones’s...
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Reviews
Iris | Review
April 27, 2015Summer Hours: In Life’s Twilight, Maysles Looks at a Late Life Fashion Icon and Finds Love...
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Disc Reviews
Blind Woman’s Curse | Blu-ray Review
April 21, 2015Equal parts yakuza revenge picture, sexualized exploitation romp, bakeneko (or ghost cat horror flick), and absurd...
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Disc Reviews
Criterion Collection: Hoop Dreams | Blu-ray Review
April 21, 2015“This is one of the best films about American life that I have ever seen”, Roger...
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Reviews
Crocodile Gennadiy | 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Review
April 19, 2015Soviet Nostalgia: Hoover’s Complex Portrait of a Ukrainian Vigilante Pastor Opens Cultural Can of Worms Steve...
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Disc Reviews
Criterion Collection: Gates of Heaven / Vernon, Florida | Blu-ray Review
April 14, 2015Long before he developed the still controversial cinematic technique of utilizing reenactments in The Thin Blue...
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Disc Reviews
Stray Dogs | Blu-ray Review
April 7, 2015Celebrated Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-Liang announced that Stray Dogs, which took home the Grand Special Jury Prize...
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Interviews
Video Interview: Olivier Assayas – Clouds of Sils Maria
April 6, 2015Though director Olivier Assayas’ latest project, Idol’s Eye, looks to have been shelved due to funding...