TCFF Indie Horror Spotlight: GAGS review + Interview with director Adam Krause

Review + Interview Questions by Laura Schaubschlager I chose to cover Gags out of a feeling of obligation as FlixChatter's resident horror writer, but I didn't have high hopes. Yes, I liked It, but overall, I've never understood why people are scared of clowns, and a movie about a creepy clown terrorizing Wisconsin sounded uninspired. …

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TCFF 2018 Indie Film Spotlight: LEZ BOMB & Interview w/ writer/director Jenna Laurenzo

Year after year, Twin Cities Film Fest supports women filmmakers, as well as LGBTQ-friendly films. Lez Bomb is written and directed by a woman, Jenna Laurenzo, who also stars in the film, talk about a triple threat! It's also one of the few indie films playing at TCFF that gets an encore screening. Oh and …

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TCFF 2018 Indie Film Spotlight: THE BEST PEOPLE &Interview w/ writer Selina Ringel

We're on a roll! Today we've got yet another insights into an indie film screening at TCFF. This time we're featuring the writer of The Best People, Selina Ringel, a solid dramedy our reviewer calls 'a must-see at TCFF.' An emotional roller-coaster in the best possible way, it's a story by and about women. Just as …

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TCFF 2018 Film Spotlight: SAVING FLORA & interview with writer/director Mark Taylor

Since we've past the halfway mark of the Twin Cities Film Fest, I think I have seen enough movies to indicate which ones have been my favorites. Well, Saving Flora is definitely one of those that I thoroughly enjoyed and I can see myself watching again! Thank you Mark Taylor (and Synkronized Films) for taking the …

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TCFF 2018 MN Film Spotlight: AMERICAN TENDER & interview w/ filmmaker C.J. Renner + lead actor Frank Foster-Bolton

I'm thrilled that I get to see not one but TWO films by talented filmmaker C.J. Renner this year. Earlier this Summer, TCFF showed the gangster thriller GUNN as part of their Insider Series in June. This time, C.J. and his longtime producing collaborator Sasha Michelle come up with another cool, stylishly-shot film that's also set …

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2018 TCFF Reviews – Belong To Us + Through The Windmill documentary

We've actually past the halfway mark for TCFF 2018! Wow, where has the time go? I can't thank my blogging team enough for helping with the reviews and interviews! Special shout out to Holly Peterson for today's pair of reviews! We've got a family film that's in keeping with TCFF's 2018's Social Justice Cause (Changemaker Series), …

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2018 TCFF Red Carpet Interview + Review of ‘When Jeff Tried to Save the World’

Wow, can't believe we've pretty much the halfway point of TCFF already! But hey, there are still five more days of film festivities… great movies to see, film stuff to learn and more filmmakers to meet! Well, one of the highlights of TCFF coverage happened on Friday night, just before the festive INDUSTRY NIGHT began …

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