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TCFF Final Day: Stan Lee Doc & Closing Thoughts

Posted in Local Film Event, tagged , , , , , , , on September 27, 2011 | 22 Comments »

The TCFF concluded its 6-day film festival with a wonderful family event Parade of Superheroes where kids get to dress up as their favorite superheroes, which is a great tie-in to the Stan Lee documentary playing mid afternoon. In the last six days, I saw a total of eight films and attended four panels. I [...]

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TCFF Day 4 & 5 Recap: Ordinary Family, Machine Gun Preacher, Where Soldiers Come From

Posted in Flix Reviews, Local Film Event, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 25, 2011 | 27 Comments »

The fun TCFF film fiesta continues! I think Day 4 breaks the record for me as far as movie watching. I saw three films in the theater which is the most I have done ever in my life. It’s quite a hectic day for me even though I took a day off from work after [...]

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TCFF Day 4: Like Crazy Interview and Panel Discussion

Posted in Local Film Event, tagged , , , , , , on September 25, 2011 | 25 Comments »

I’m a bit behind on my TCFF write-up but yesterday was quite a whirlwind. I saw three movies from Noon until 9:30pm, starting with Like Crazy screening at Edina Landmark theater, followed by a family comedy indie Ordinary Family and Machine Gun Preacher practically back to back. Reviews of those two coming next week. Right [...]

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TCFF Day 3: Tom Sizemore shines in comedic role in White Knight

Posted in Local Film Event, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 24, 2011 | 8 Comments »

Day 3 starts with a White Knight panel at Double Tree Hotel with special guest Tom Sizemore and his two Mexican co-stars Hector Jimenez and Olga Segura. The Detroit-born Sizemore is one of Hollywood’s best character actors, more prominently in tough guy roles in films like True Romance, Saving Private Ryan, Natural Born Killers, and [...]

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TCFF Day 2: A conversation with lead programmer Steve Snyder

Posted in Local Film Event, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 23, 2011 | 11 Comments »

Last week I was reading some of the bios of the programmers for TIFF and I’ve always thought it’d be great to get some insights into what it’s like to be the one in charge of selecting films for a film fest. Well, the lead programmer of TCFF, Steve Snyder, who’s also a TIME magazine [...]

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TCFF 2011 Day 1: The Bully Project Review

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 21, 2011 | 14 Comments »

The TCFF has landed! I’m very excited to be a part of the film fest in my city [the best one IMO] in its second year. Great to see the ICON cinema at the West End all abuzz last night, I really LOVE this place and I’m so glad they’re sponsoring TCFF this year. The [...]

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TCFF 2011 starts today! Stay tuned for FC coverage & mini reviews

Posted in Local Film Event, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 20, 2011 | 13 Comments »

Happy Tuesday, folks! It’s not just another Tuesday on the calendar though, it’s the start of the Twin Cities Film Fest! I’m excited to be covering the event starting tonight with The Bully Project documentary tonight, followed by Q&A with director Lee Hirsch. I’m hoping to have time to ask a couple of questions during [...]

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TCFF Spotlight: 5 Buzz-worthy Documentaries

Posted in Local Film Event, Upcoming Flix, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 15, 2011 | 12 Comments »

Less than a week away until Twin Cities Film Fest starts on Tuesday, September 20th. So today I’m going to highlight five documentaries worth seeing that are premiering next week at TCFF. I don’t watch as many docs as I should, in fact, out of the five I highlighted from last year, I’ve only managed [...]

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TCFF Full Lineup is here! See what’s playing from Sept. 20-25

Posted in Flix News, Local Film Event, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 9, 2011 | 24 Comments »

As TIFF is underway in Toronto starting yesterday, I’ve been anticipating our own Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) that’ll be starting in two weeks starting Tuesday, Sept. 20. A couple of days ago the full lineup is finally announced, yippeee!! I am truly excited for this, I think the organizers did a great job getting [...]

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Counting Down to TCFF! Featuring ‘The Bully Project’ & ‘Like Crazy’ on Opening & Closing Night

Posted in Local Film Event, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 4, 2011 | 37 Comments »

In less than three weeks from today, the Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) opens on September 20. The festival organizer has kindly asked me to be the lead blogger this year so I’ll be covering the event extensively, hopefully more so than I did last year on TCFF’s debut. I’m excited that this year the [...]

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