There have been some memorable parent-child films I’ve seen of late: Nowhere Special, Ezra, and Ghostlight, to name a few. Here we have a single mother named Janet who lives with her 11-year-old daughter Lacy in rural Massachusetts. What really drew me to this film is its connection to the theater world, as it's directed …
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JUNE viewing recap + Mini Reviews + Movie Of the Month
Happy July, everyone! Right smack dab in the middle of summer, and the weather has been as erratic as ever, the wind is especially nasty lately. Minnesota even made news for all the floods all over the state thanks to all the rain we've been having. There's a 90+% chance of thunderstorms on the Fourth …
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What I watched in MAY + Mini Reviews + Movie(s) Of the Month
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, …
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MSPIFF 2024 Documentary Review: THE LAST DAUGHTER – A Wiradjuri woman’s inspiring quest for truth, healing and reconciliation
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 …
APRIL Viewing & 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, …
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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