What I watched in APRIL + MSPIFF 2024 Recap + Movie Of the Month

Happy last day of April, everyone! It's an exciting day for me as tomorrow I'll be taking a long-awaited trip to Croatia! May is our anniversary month + my hubby and I will be celebrating 21 years of marriage 💕 That means FlixChatter will be on holiday for about a week or so. I definitely …

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MSPIFF 2024 Reviews: Unbroken documentary + French drama Àma Gloria (both directed by women)

It's been a busy but fun weekend at 2024 MSPIFF! I have seen a total of five films so far: three documentaries (Unbroken, Call Me Dancer, and Broken Eyes) and two narratives (The Movie Teller, Àma Gloria), all of them #directedbywomen Woot!! The weather was wonderfully Summer-like with sunny skies and temps in the 70s, …

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The 2024 MSP INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL returns this week! Highlighting 15 documentaries from around the world worth checking out

The MSP International Film Festival is back!! In case you missed it, here is the post from March where I talked about the awesome lineup, opening + closing night films, and all the international female-directed movies I'm excited about. I've pored over the list of films in the past few weeks and got my tickets …

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2024 MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL lineup + events featuring Roger Deakins + MSPIFF43 female-directed films I’m excited about

Ok, so after a practically snow-less Winter, Spring in Minnesota arrives with a snowstorm this weekend 😀 But hey, I refuse to let bad weather dampen my spirit, especially since MSPIFF just announced its lineup, woot!! The festival returns on April 11-25 to The Main Cinema, Minneapolis, and other venues around the Twin Cities. As …

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Happy International Women’s Day 2024 – 10 Female-Ensemble Movies to celebrate powerful #womeninfilm

Happy International Women's Day!! I personally think we ought to celebrate women and female filmmakers far more than just one day a year, don't you agree? Well, here on FlixChatter, we're always championing #women in film. One of the ways I do that is by watching as many films #directedbywomen, hence I've been participating in …

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FlixChatter Review: Lisa Frankenstein (2024) captures the fun & wackiness of an 80’s horror comedy

Lisa Frankenstein follows Lisa (Kathryn Newton), a shy teenage girl who lives with her father (Joe Chrest) and her new stepfamily (Liza Soberano as Taffy and Carla Gugino as Janet) after losing her mother in a horrific tragedy. One stormy night, an unusual set of circumstances reanimates a corpse (Cole Sprouse) whose grave Lisa had …

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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (2021) review – a poignant coming-of-age refugee drama based on the true story of author Judith Kerr

Berlin, 1933. The Kemper family was living a pretty good life, Arthur Kemper (Oliver Masucci) is a journalist, and his wife Dorothea (Carla Jury) is an Opera composer living in a large house with their two children, Max and Anna. But suddenly, they found their lives in danger when the Nazi party, despite failing to …

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