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October 19-29, 2023
Centerpiece screenings include Bradley Cooper’s widely anticipated MAESTRO, a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein starring Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, and Maya Hawke; RUSTIN starring Philadelphia-native and Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo and
directed by DGA Award and five-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfen which shines a long overdue spotlight on the extraordinary man who, alongside giants like the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Ella Baker, dared to imagine a different world; and THE
HOLDOVERS, director Alexander Payne’s New England prep school comedy, reuniting Payne and film star Paul Giamatti READ MORE
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17th Annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
As always, PIFF (Philadelphia Independent Film Festival) running May 8-11, 2024 has a ton in store for the 4 day Film Festival. Starting with opening night film ONE ONE ASKED YOUR a documentary by Ruth Leitman, which follows The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead on her 2017 “Vagical Mystery Tour...
Sundance 2024 Film Festival Coverage
Virtual Sundance attendance was truncated this year starting Jan 24-28th. Still, it's a great way to start my film/movie year off on a good foot!
5 Questions for FIRSTGLANCE INDIE FILMMAKERS 2023
The 26th Annual FirstGlance Film Festival in Philadelphia October 5-8 2023 will take place at PFS Bourse 400 Ranstead St Philadelphia PA. Check out these 5 Questions for Indie Filmmakers videos...
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12th Annual BlackStar Film Festival Coverage August 2-6
Once again we went through the film programming process with a brilliant group of curators, makers, and thinkers. At this year’s festival we will explore wide-ranging and urgent themes, from queer futures in cinema to climate justice and resistance to land theft...
5 Questions for Filmmakers Alexis Neophytides and Andres “Jay” Molina – FIRE THROUGH DRY GRASS
But instead of history repeating itself on this tiny island with a dark history of institutional neglect and abandonment, Fire Through Dry Grass shows these disabled Black and Brown artists refusing to be abused, confined, erased.
5 Questions for Filmmakers M. Asli Dukan & Nikki Harmon – SUNDOWN ROAD
5 Questions for Indie Filmmakers series continues with M. Asli Dukan and Nikki Harmon for SUNDOWN ROAD - When three college students get stuck on an isolated road, they soon find themselves in all too familiar territory....
5 Questions for LeAnn Erickson – I (HEART)
JACK LALANNE: A CARTOON MEMOIR (PFF31)
Orig Post: 9/16/22 - I (heart) Jack Lalanne: A Cartoon Memoir uses animation and a memoir structure to weave a comedic and dramatic coming out story. Employing a playful visual aesthetic and humorous tone, the film tackles serious issues, including coming out as gay in a less tolerant era...
PIFF16 – 5 Questions for Adi Jahic – THINGS WE LIKE & Amanda Jane Stern PERFECTLY GOOD MOMENT
Originally posted 5/5/23 - The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival runs May 16-20, 2023. Here's 2 Filmmaker Interviews for my 5 Questions series...
FILM SCRIBES PODCAST
As a member of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, I join in on our monthly Podcast, FILM SCRIBES. I really should do it more often cause it's fun hashing out our opinions of recent flicks!
12th Annual BlackStar Film Festival Coverage August 2-6
Once again we went through the film programming process with a brilliant group of curators, makers, and thinkers. At this year’s festival we will explore wide-ranging and urgent themes, from queer futures in cinema to climate justice and resistance to land theft...
5 Questions for Filmmakers Alexis Neophytides and Andres “Jay” Molina – FIRE THROUGH DRY GRASS
But instead of history repeating itself on this tiny island with a dark history of institutional neglect and abandonment, Fire Through Dry Grass shows these disabled Black and Brown artists refusing to be abused, confined, erased.
5 Questions for Filmmakers M. Asli Dukan & Nikki Harmon – SUNDOWN ROAD
5 Questions for Indie Filmmakers series continues with M. Asli Dukan and Nikki Harmon for SUNDOWN ROAD - When three college students get stuck on an isolated road, they soon find themselves in all too familiar territory....
5 Questions for LeAnn Erickson – I (HEART)
JACK LALANNE: A CARTOON MEMOIR (PFF31)
Orig Post: 9/16/22 - I (heart) Jack Lalanne: A Cartoon Memoir uses animation and a memoir structure to weave a comedic and dramatic coming out story. Employing a playful visual aesthetic and humorous tone, the film tackles serious issues, including coming out as gay in a less tolerant era...
PIFF16 – 5 Questions for Adi Jahic – THINGS WE LIKE & Amanda Jane Stern PERFECTLY GOOD MOMENT
Originally posted 5/5/23 - The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival runs May 16-20, 2023. Here's 2 Filmmaker Interviews for my 5 Questions series...
FILM SCRIBES PODCAST
As a member of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, I join in on our monthly Podcast, FILM SCRIBES. I really should do it more often cause it's fun hashing out our opinions of recent flicks!