MSPIFF review: L’Attesa (The Wait) starring Juliette Binoche

It seems tradition that during every film festival in town that I have at least one Juliette Binoche movie on my schedule. Well, she's still the main reason to see this one. The film centers on two women who's somehow thrown together just before Easter, set in a picturesque Sicilian town. The actors speak in both Italian …

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April 2016 Blindspot: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

It's been ages since I wanted to see A Streetcar Named Desire, not sure why I've put it off. I feel like I have watched it as one day I actually watched a bunch of clips from this film on youtube. There's of course the famous scene where Brando yelled 'Stellaaaaaaa...!' that's been parodied many …

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Weekend Roundup: Final weekend of MSPIFF 2016 + Review of Indonesian drama ‘A Copy of My Mind’

Time really does fly when you're having fun! The three-week MSPIFF festivities has concluded yesterday. I didn't see any movie on its last day, but I did attend a film panel titled Cinematic Voices with two documentary filmmakers… Nandita Ahmed, Producer A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers Jack Pettibone Riccobono, Director The Seventh Fire …

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FlixChatter Review: Disney’s The Jungle Book (2016)

It's been ages since I saw the cartoon version of The Jungle Book. I have to admit I wasn't too keen on this remake idea when it was first announced, despite the amazing voice cast. But I love when films I wasn't even anticipating end up being such a pleasant surprise, and The Jungle Book did …

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MSPIFF Weekend Roundup: Women In Film panels + ‘The Fencer’ mini review

It's truly one of the best weekends weather-wise in the Twin Cities. It's 70+ degrees and sunny for three days in a row which is unusual as we do still get snow in April occasionally. It's also been a fun and insightful weekend for me at MSPIFF! FRIDAY After work I went to see one …

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Weekend Roundup: MSPIFF Reviews – My Internship In Canada | Dragonfly | Mr. Pig

It's almost Monday again… my goodness, where has the weekend gone? It's been really quite a whirlwind for me. I had a movie night with my two girlfriends Friday night where we watched Suite Française (well, a rewatch for me), and between Saturday & Sunday I saw three MSPIFF movies. I managed to fit in a 14-minute immigration short …

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Weekend Roundup: Chris Evans’ directorial debut ‘Before We Go’ review

Happy Tuesday, folks. Well, I'm kinda bummed that I couldn't complete my March blindspot on time. Last night I was planning to watch A Streetcar Named Desire after work but the internet connection just wasn't working properly that iTunes simply couldn't load the movie. It stared for like 2 minutes then stalled and stalled that I finally …

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