Happy Sunday everyone! We've got a couple more MSPIFF 2014 reviews courtesy of Josh from JJAMES reviews. Hotell (2013) A Swedish film written and directed by Lisa Langseth, Hotell follows Erika (Alica Vikander), a beautiful and pregnant young woman with an almost idyllic life. Already moneyed and apparently successful, she and her husband, Oskar (Simon …
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MSPIFF14 Reviews: JOE & Brave Miss World documentary
JOE Review by Josh P. Often grim, Joe is well made and gripping, though, perhaps, not for the faint-hearted. In the film’s first scene, writers Larry Brown & Gary Hawkins and director David Gordon Green define Joe as a harsh drama. In it, fifteen-year-old Gary (Tye Sheridan) accosts his father, Wade (Gary Poulter), for being …
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Weekend Viewing Roundup & MSPIFF14 Review: Intruders (2013)
After the snow storm on Friday, this weekend turned out to be absolutely gorgeous. Saw four movies this weekend: Captain America: The Winter Soldier for the second time around (yep, still love it!). It's currently my favorite Marvel stand-alone movie! Capricorn One – a fantastic 1977 space conspiracy thriller (Thanks Michael for lending it to …
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MSPIFF 2014 (April 3-19) The films I’m excited to see!
Another film-filled event is just around the corner! I really feel so privileged to live in a city where we've got not one but TWO film festivals, one in Spring and the other (TCFF) in the Fall. Founded in 1962, The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul is Minnesota’s foremost film exhibition organization, and a 501(c)(3) non-profit. …
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TCFF Awards & Top Five Film Picks from TCFF Bloggers
Happy Halloween everyone! Pardon the late post for this folks, due to my traveling schedule to attend my sister-in-law's wedding in NYC, naturally I had to put the blog on hiatus. But I'm back now, so here's the summary of the 10-day film fest that ended with awards announcement during the Festival's Closing Night Gala …
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TCFF Day 7 reviews: The Liability, Casual Encounters, How I Live Now
Now that TCFF has wrapped, I'll be posting some reviews from the last few days of the film fest, as well as which films won the TCFF Awards which was announced last night. Glad to see some of my personal favorites getting nominated. You can check out the list here. Now here are some films …
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TCFF Day 9 and Closing Day Film Highlights
Happy Friday everyone!! We've still got a couple of days worth of festivities before TCFF wraps, but sadly today is my last day covering the film fest as I'm flying to NYC on Saturday morning to attend my sister-in-law's wedding. No fret though, I'll still be posting some of the reviews from both days, as …
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