Whenever one hears the words Guantanamo or Gitmo, it usually emits a pretty strong reaction. Honestly, I'm not usually keen on watching films that I know will depict torture, especially one based on a true story. The Mauritanian however, piqued my interested because of the filmmaker, Kevin Macdonald, and cast. French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim played …
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TCFF Day 7 reviews: The Liability, Casual Encounters, How I Live Now
Now that TCFF has wrapped, I'll be posting some reviews from the last few days of the film fest, as well as which films won the TCFF Awards which was announced last night. Glad to see some of my personal favorites getting nominated. You can check out the list here. Now here are some films …
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TCFF Day 7 Highlights: MN Shorts 2, The Liability, Casual Encounters, How I Live Now
Only four more days left at TCFF but there are no shortage of great films to look forward to. Between my two volunteer staff and I, there's a myriad of shorts, documentary and feature films we're planning to catch tonight: Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 4:00pm …
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