Happy June, everyone! May has been a bit of an odd duck weather-wise. An MPR host said the other day that if you don't like the weather, just wait a few minutes, ha! Sure enough, it's been alternating between windy, sunny, and rainy in just a matter of minutes in a single day! 😆 Well, …
Continue reading What I watched in MAY + Mini Reviews + Movie(s) Of the Month
I missed seeing The Last Daughter at MSPIFF even though it’s one of the 15 documentaries I featured in this post. But thanks to a chance meeting with the co-director of the film, Nathaniel Schmidt during the festival, I was able to watch the documentary via an online screener. This is quite a unique film in …
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 …
Continue reading APRIL Viewing & MSPIFF 2024 Recap + Movie Of the Month
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, …
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 …
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 …
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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