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Festivals (10 posts found)
Berlinale Review: ‘Iranien’, An Experiment in Diplomacy
Mehran Tamadon, a French-Iranian atheist, set himself up for an uphill battle when he came upon the idea of gathering four Iranian clerics, who also happen to be firm believers in the existing system of an Islamic Republic, and spending two days with them in a...
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Berlinale Review: Brutality and Beauty Are Mixed in Period-Thriller ‘71
Jack O’Connell, an actor who made his name in the UK as one of the main stars of popular teen series Skins, currently finds himself on something of a hot streak. After edgy prison-drama Starred Up, the young englishman is at the heart of yet another gut-wrench...
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Berlinale Review of ‘The Midnight After’: David Bowie’s Asian Kid On Speed
Fruit Chan's The Midnight After, screening in 64th Berlinale's Panorama Special section, is an utterly disarming experience. To not only endure its 124 minutes but also fully enjoy this crazy, half-drunk ride, one has to really challenge themselves.
Chan, a...
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Wes Side Story: Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest” Delightfully Opens 64th Berlinale
Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel delightfully opens the Berlinale.
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Sundance Reviews: ‘Land Ho!,’ ‘Web Junkie,’ ‘Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter,’ ‘Imperial Dreams,’ ‘Rudderless’
Sundance is over and done with, but that doesn't mean the reviews will stop coming!
Land Ho!
Ex-brothers-in-law Mitch (Earl Lynn Nelson) and Colin (Paul Eenhorn) take off for a spur-of-the-moment vacation to Iceland. This is not the kind of old-people-gett...
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Runyon’s 20 Most Anticipated Films From Sundance 2014
As has always been the case, I wasn't able to go to the Sundance Film Festival at Park City, Utah this year; able only, like so many of us, to fawn over social media, tweets, and reviews of festival films that are worth seeing as I gently caress my computer sc...
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2014 Sundance Film Festival Winners: ‘Whiplash’ Wins Grand Prize
The winners to the 2014 Sundance Film Festival were recently announced and we have the complete results.
The big winner of the festival was writer-director Damien Chazelle’s, Whiplash. Whiplash opened the festival to rave reviews and maintained that momentu...
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Sundance Review: ‘The Double’ Does Dark Comedy Right
Richard Ayoade's second directorial feature is a darkly hilarious look at a man and his doppelgänger.
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Sundance Review: ‘Rich Hill’ Finds Beauty In Small Moments
A visually sumptuous look at life in a small town.
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Sundance Review: ‘Concerning Violence’ Is A Poetic, Thought-Provoking Visual Essay
It has Lauryn Hill reading The Wretched of the Earth like poetry. What's not to love?
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