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Festivals (10 posts found)
Your Guide to Outfest 2013
Having run since 1982, Outfest is one of the older major LGBTQ-focused film festivals in the United States. Now through July 21st, scores of movies about gay, lesbian, transgender, and more otherwise non-heteronormative people will be playing at various venues...
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Wheatley Stuns While Panahi Stumbles, Plus ‘Fruitvale’, ‘Whitewash’ & ‘Heli’ At Karlovy Vary Days Six & Seven
Days six and seven at the Karlovy Vary International Film Fest brought with them some of my most anticipated movies of the festival, and while not everything lived up to expectations, at least one film managed to exceed them. Check out my penultimate KVIFF dis...
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U.S. Indies ‘Bluebird’ & ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ The Highlights of Karlovy Vary Days Four & Five
The 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival reaches its midpoint, bringing it with it favourites from Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance and beyond. And while my most anticipated film of the festival proved something of a let down, two beautifully shot American f...
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‘Bluebird’ Director Lance Edmands Talks Thinking Visually, Writing For Women and Shooting on 35MM
Against a remote, small-town backdrop in snowy Northern Maine, one woman's simple mistake has tragic consequences for two separate families. Such is the premise of Lance Edmands' haunting low-key drama, Bluebird.
Having cut his teeth editing the movies of h...
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‘Fill the Void’, ‘Eva Van End’ & A Hitchcock Restoration at Karlovy Vary Day Three
Day three at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival brought films new and old, good and bad, with something of a correlation between the two. No time for longwinded introductions, but be sure to check this space the next twenty-four hours for write-ups o...
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Dispatches from Days One and Two at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
From a Hanekesque psychological horror flick to a pair of minimalist and extremely dour Eastern European dramas, the first two days at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival have left me both impressed and depressed; compelled by the nuanced depictions o...
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Ten Most Anticipated Films at the 2013 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Friday June 28th marks the beginning of the 48th annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Although not quite as glamorous as Cannes or Venice, Karlovy Vary is nonetheless one of the oldest and most respected film festivals in Europe. Situated in the sm...
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The Hainline Diaries: Recapping the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival: Spanish for "The Film Festival of Angels."
Saturday, June 15:
I pull into Parking Garage B at LA Live, barely able to see in front of me. This wasn't the world-famous LA smog, this was rather the side effect of having spent the...
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LAFF Review: ‘My Sister’s Quinceañera’
Independent cinema has exploded thanks to the proliferation of technology, but truly independent film remains on the periphery. Film festivals are often chock-full of "independent" movies that are headlined by known actors, made by established industry profess...
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LAFF Review: ‘Winter in the Blood’
James Welch's 1974 novel Winter in the Blood is a quietly important piece of work, one of the earliest voices to emerge in modern Native American literature. Now, sibling directors Alex and Andrew Smith, unheard from since their 2002 debut feature The Slaughte...
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