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Gareth Higgins

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Life in the Dark
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Life in the Dark

I opened the new film issue of Image today, which was edited by cinephile Gareth Higgins and Rectify writer/director Scott Teems, and I was immediately caught up in a complicated conflict regarding one of my favorite filmmakers: Robert Bresson. In the essay called "Necessary Images," Teems writes,
17 Jul 2017 2 min read
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Cinematic States Contest Winner

Last week, I invited you to tell us which movie best captures the character of your home territory. The winner would receive a signed copy of the book "Cinematic States," Gareth Higgins' thought-provoking tour of the U.S.A. by the way it is revealed through its movies. Whose name did I draw from the
29 Nov 2014 6 min read
Which Movie Captures Your Part of the World?
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Which Movie Captures Your Part of the World?

"This is really wonderful stuff. Thoughtful, unique, insightful, and funny. It's unlike anything I've ever read." That's what Scott Teems, director of Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey and That Evening Sun, and writer for the hit TV series Rectify, says about Cinematic
21 Nov 2014 2 min read
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