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Tallgrass Film Festival: Day 2 Preview
Films screen all day at the Orpheum Theatre, Scottish Rite, Central Library, Historical Museum, Garvey Center, Hotel at Old Town and the C.A.C. Theatre at WSU. Click here for Friday’s schedule . Be...
Oct 18, 2013 / StaffDocumentarist 2013 means more in light of Gezi Resistance
The 6th Istanbul Documentary Days was blessed with an outstanding location for a documentary film festival: a park which has become a cause and a symbol of an urban uprising movement that has spread...
Jul 22, 2013 / N. Buket CengizDIFF 2012 Reviews: ‘Extraterrestrial,’ ‘Bindlestiffs,’ ‘Quick,’ ‘Robocop’
“Extraterrestrial” Director: Nacho Vigalondo Writer: Nacho Vigalondo Starring: Michelle Jenner, Carlos Areces, Julián Villagrán “Extraterrestrial” is a movie I’ve been excited about for a while, in...
May 18, 2012 / Henry J. BaughDIFF 2012 Reviews: ‘Cinema Six,’ ‘Compliance,’ ‘Faith, Love and Whiskey’
“Cinema Six” Directors: Mark Potts, Cole Selix Writers: Mark Potts, Cole Selix Starring: John Merriman, Mark Potts and Brand Rackley “Cinema Six” is the definition of average, which is strange...
May 11, 2012 / Henry J. BaughThe International Film Festival Summit, Paris
As a freelance film critic looking to get involved with film festivals, I feared that talks at the International Film Festival Summit might be too specialised for me. True, I was one of only two film...
May 8, 2012 / Alison FrankThe Descendants: The Kids Will Be All Right
The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010) was a highlight of last year’s BFI London Film Festival. This year’s highlight looks set to be The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011), a film similar...
Oct 25, 2011 / Alison FrankBeauty Day (2011)
Ralph Zavadil is Cap'n Video, subject of the new documentary "Beauty Day" “I was dealing with human beings, and they’re a pretty fucked up breed.” It probably wouldn’t surprise a lot of people if it...
Jun 6, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongFeelin’ IFFI and the Films That Now Matter
The Goa Film Festival that was from the 22nd of November to the 2nd of December and I managed to attend the first five days. Unfortunately, I got sick just after the festival and couldn’t compile the...
Jan 12, 2011 / Kamayani Sharma‘The Bible Code’ to be Cracked by Relativity
Relativity Media has picked up the rights to Michael Drosnin’s book of supernatural prophecy, “The Bible Code.” In the book, which spawned sequels, Drosnin writes about an elaborate code that can...
Nov 4, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe 54th London Film Festival in Review
Now that the 54 th London Film Festival has drawn to a close, it’s time to look back at all of the feature films that I reviewed. Here is the list, ordered from best to worst. 1) Dhobi Ghat 2) The...
Oct 29, 2010 / Alison FrankCatfish (2010)
“Catfish” is one of those films that will have as many interpretations as it has viewers. The middle-aged hipster-loathing intellectual will see it as nothing more than an outlet for the filmmakers...
Oct 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongLondon Film Fest Review: ‘Never Let Me Go’ (2010)
At the London Film Festival press conference for Never Let Me Go , the most insightful comments about the film were made by, in this order, Andrew Garfield (lead male actor), Kazuo Ishiguro (who...
Oct 14, 2010 / Alison FrankWachowskis Developing Iraq War Film With ‘Hard R’ Gay Love Story
Just when you thought the Wachowskis, the team behind “The Matrix” films, couldn’t get any weirder. Deadline is reporting that the brother/sister duo (sister because Larry is a post-op female now...
May 15, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong29th International Istanbul Film Festival; Marked by Absent Friends
Istanbul is enjoying its year as the European Capital of Culture, with cultural and arts events taking place in the city from one end to the other, inaugurated with a series of ceremonies held in...
Apr 27, 2010 / N. Buket CengizFritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’ Coming to a Big Screen Near You
Kino International announced Monday that Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, “Metropolis,” will be released theatrically in “all major markets throughout the US and Canada” in May. The version to be...
Apr 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
- Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
- The fantasist: The comic art of Woody Allen
- Tribeca picks up North American rights to ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ at Sundance
- TMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
- ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ tops Online Film Critics Awards
- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
- Shorts at #Locarno67: meditation vs testing the audience’s patience
- ‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
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