Philly Spotlight
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20th Philadelphia Film Festival – Race to the Bottom of the Earth
Surprisingly compelling considering it's basically one man talking into a video camera about frost bite, broken camping stoves, broken skies, whiteout conditions, and calling his wife each night with sometimes incoherent reports of the day.
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20th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Coverage 2011 Part 3 of 3
Wikipedia: Colin Clark (9 October 1932 – 17 December 2002) was a British writer and filmmaker who specialized in films for cinema and television about the arts. He was the son of the art historian Lord Clark of Saltwood (Sir Kenneth Clark), and the younger brother of the Conservative politician and military historian Alan Clark, with whom he was not always on good terms.[1]Born in London, he was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1951 to 1953 he did National Service as a pilot officer in the Royal Air Force.[2] Colin Clark’s first job on leaving university was as an assistant director on the film The Prince…
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20th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Coverage 2011 Part 2 of 3
JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME Family stuff and life in general is getting in the way of seeing as much as I want, and writing as much as I see. Which is why as great as it is to have a big film festival in your own backyard, it would be better to be here on vacation and experience all the films without so many interruptions. I was glad to make the second screening of Jeff, Who Lives at Home, particularly since the director was available for another Q & A. Well, co-director, this film is by another team of writer/director brothers. Not the Farrelly Bros. or the Coen Bros.…
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Philadelphia Film + Music Festival Recap
Organizers: Joseph Lekkas, Isaac Friese & David Grasso, managed to put together a Sh*# load of bands to perform all weekend! Some performances started as early as 11am and some started as late as 1am....
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Philly Film Hightlight – The Tolltaker
The film, set in the early 1970's, was shot in locations in and around Philadelphia. It combines live action and animation to tell the story of a young boy (Bobby) in Northeast Philadelphia whose father is MIA in Vietnam, and who is hounded by an evil, subterranean demon intent on stealing away the one thing the boy believes will bring his father home...
