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SOMETHING TO MUMBLE ABOUT (PART 2)

By | March 2008

One of the few criticisms leveled at the SXSW Film Festival is the seemingly annual programming of films from the “mumblecore” filmmaking camp. Film Threat goes the extra mile to find out if there’s anything to the criticism by speaking with SXSW Festival Director Matt Dentler and “mumblecore” poster-boy Joe Swanberg…

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SOMETHING TO MUMBLE ABOUT (PART 2)

Last year seemed to be the big year for Mumblecore and it seemed like that last year might be the big send off. But this year, a bunch of the same group...

SOMETHING TO MUMBLE ABOUT (PART 3)

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