WE is a portrait of the people who live along the RER B commuter rail line that crosses Paris by director by Alice Diop. WE is an amazi...
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Cliff Walkers (2020)
Zhang Yimou wades into the espionage genre with a good, if narratively messy, World War 2 spy thriller. The film has four communist age...
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Brief thoughts IT IS NOT OVER YET (2021) Hot Docs 2021
Portrait of the Dagmarsminde nursing home in Denmark. Instead of treating dementia patients with typical treatments the staff focuses on e...
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Faceless (2021) Hot Docs 2021
There have been a lot of films on the demonstrations in Hong Kong protesting the crushing of democracy and free expression by the Chinese ...
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Wood and Water (2021) NDNF 2021
A German woman decides to travel to see her children, and her son in Hong Kong who said he has been unable to come home because of the Pr...
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Random thoughts on School of Hope (2021) Hot Docs 2021
The Oulad Buokais tribe in Morocco is one the last nomadic tribes. Almost every other tribe as given up the life because of over decade an...
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A Long Way Home Best Trailer at Art Fest
Many congratulations to the makers of A Long Way Home , which has won its first festival award - Best Trailer at the Arts Film Awards. ...
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We're All Going To The World's Fair NDNF 2021
A young girl gets lost while playing an on line video game and chatting with another player. I haven't figure out if I didn't l...
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The Gig is Up (2021) Hot Docs 2021
THE GIG IS UP is a look at the "gig" economy where people work on their own schedule for services like Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Ama...
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Wuhan Wuhan (2021) Hot Docs 2021
Director Yung Chang's WUHAN WUHAN is coming out with a potential chip on its shoulder. The latest in a growing looks inside the city ...
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CANNON ARM AND THE ARCADE QUEST (2021) Hot Docs 2021
Portrait of legendary arcade gamer Kim Cannon Arm who wants to beat his own record by playing Gyruss for a record 100 hours straight. For...
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Brief thoughts on Apples (2020) NDNF 2021
A pandemic occurs that wipes some people's memories. During it a man is stricken one night. He is brought to a hospital and the doc...
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NDNF 2021 Capsules: TAMING THE GARDEN, LUZZU and ROCK BOTTOM RISER
TAMING THE GARDEN is a film about conservation and the environment but it left me with little to say because all I remembered was the imag...
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"What Animation Recruiters Want" 25 May
Tiffany Feeney What Do Animation Recruiters Want? What are studios looking for? Find out on Tuesday 25 May at 12:30pm, when vetera...
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Quick word on NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN (2020) which is playing BAM's Kino Polska: New Polish Cinema
I was not planning on seeing any films in Brooklyn Academy of Music's Kino Polska: New Polish Cinema because I simply was too busy t...
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Stealing Chaplin (2020) hits VOD and DVD May 4
Two dimwitted British con-men living in Las Vegas steal the body of Charlie Chaplin in the hope of getting enough money to payback the loan...
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April Ghouls at the Riverside Drive in
After having a blast at last September's Super Monster-rama at the Riverside Drive-in in Vandergrift Pennsylvania my brother and I wen...
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Aleph (2021) NDNF 2021
Trippy film inspired by the writings of Jorge Luis Borges has multiple "connected" stories spin us across the globe to Argenti...
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Le Regard de Charles (Aznavour by Charles) plays Focus on French Cinema April 30
In 1948 Edith Piaf gave Charles Aznavour a movie camera and told him to record hat he saw. He continued obsessively recording his life on ...
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Palindromo Wins Hon Mention at Screen Power
Many congratulations to Paolo Amadini , director of " Palindromo " , which has won its fourth festival award - an Honourable M...
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Mia Madre (2015) hits Ovid.TV April 30
Nanni Moretti's MIA MADRE is the rarest of rare birds, a film that will have you doubled over with laughter one minute and sobbing genu...
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A brief note on New Directors New Films 2021
New Directors New Films starts today and coverage is coming. We will have reviews of approximately 14 films going up over the run of the f...
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How to Take Notes
Industry feedback is at the heart of what we do at Escape Studios. Our students' short film projects receive regular feedback from our...
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Dope is Death (2020) hits theaters, both real and virtual on Friday
A look at how the influx of heroine into the ethnic centers of America lead to groups like the Black Panthers and the Young Lords to figh...
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Eden on Sisters With Transistors (2021)
Women have been a part of electronic music from its very beginning. While those in the know are well aware of this, they’re still all t...
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THE 2021 HARLEM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL announces line-up for 16th edition (May 6-9)
Opening Night in-person celebration features World Premieres of Tarabu Betserai Kirkland’s 100 Years from Mississippi, and Glenn Osten ...
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