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Darren Hughes

A collection of 10 posts

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Hughes: Don't miss Munyurangabo, "far and away the best debut I saw all year"

Darren Hughes, a moviegoer whose recommendations have led me to some memorable and profoundly inspiring films over the last few years, has just posted about another one I'm adding to my must-see list. He writes: Munyurangabo His in-depth article about the film, which includes a conversation with the

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For the Love of Movies That Never Played at the Mall...

In my experience of discussing movies online, few people have challenged me to dig deeper and look closer at movies than Ken Morefield. That's why I'm enthusiastic about having his as a "guest reviewer" so often at Looking Closer. So I am delighted to

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"Secret Sunshine": Best Depiction of Evangelical Christianity?

Darren Hughes calls Secret Sunshine "the truest depiction of evangelical Christianity I've seen on film." Victor Morton doesn't quite agree. (You have to scroll down for his review.) And J. Robert Parks has mixed feelings about it. ... GreenCine Daily has even more reviews of

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Darren Hughes at The San Francisco International Film Festival

Your chances of finding a great film at the multiplex are probably much slimmer than your chances of finding one at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Darren Hughes was there, and here are his summations of a few films he saw there. I'll be adding several of

Darren Hughes on film as "Spiritual Contemplation"

Darren Hughes is writing an essay on non-narrative filmmaking: "The Limits of Traditional Narrative Cinema as a Medium for Spiritual Contemplation" ... which he qualifies as "A Witless and Obnoxiously Literal Working Title." I can't wait to read it. Darren is one of those writers

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Are Movies Increasing Your "Capacity to See"?

At Long Pauses, Darren Hughes has posted a quote that I want to share with you here. (Thank you, Darren.) -- Michael Snow, speaking to Scott MacDonald, A Critical Cinema, Vol. 2 That's beautiful. It expresses potently the very thing I spent a whole chapter trying to capture

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Tracking Toronto

GreenCine Daily is providing all kinds of coverage on the Toronto International Film Festival, including some comments on The Smell of Paradise, a film that makes me uneasy just in its summary. Meanwhile, the blogging has begun in earnest at Long Pauses by Darren Hughes, who is determined not to

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Darren Hughes on Beau Travail

Darren's elaborating on an exquistely filmed Claire Denis film, its provocative soundtrack, and one of my all-time favorite closing scenes. I missed this one in the theatre, but it's still entrancing on DVD.

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Au Hasard Balthazar

My favorite moviegoing experience of last year was Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar. Now, Darren Hughes at Long Pauses has given me the best news I've heard all week... The Criterion Collection is doing it up right. And if this is somebody's idea of

After reading rage mail, take Long Pauses

Darren Hughes’ Long Pauses is one of my almost-daily stops. Imagine my surprise when I went to the site today expecting another insightful film commentary, or a profound political analysis, or a revealing anecdote, and instead I found him editorializing about my column about profanity. Mr. Hughes, I’m flattered