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2011 SLIFF Preview | Sarah Boslaugh

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 11 November 2011 21:14

SLIFF smHere’s a documentary-centered look at some of the highlights of the festival.

 

2011 SLIFF Preview | Joe Hodes

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Written by Joe Hodes Friday, 11 November 2011 21:07

SLIFF smDon’t let the opportunity that SLIFF affords to see some of the best in the indie and world cinema to pass you by.

   

2011 SLIFF Preview | Adrienne Jones

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Written by Adrienne Jones Friday, 11 November 2011 21:02

 

SLIFF smI’d like to be able to give you more of the story, but I swear there isn’t one. Lord Byron is as aimless a film as Byron is as a character.

   

2011 SLIFF Preview | Pete Timmermann

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Written by Pete Timmermann Friday, 11 November 2011 11:20

SLIFF smI wish the programming of the non-studio films was stronger, but even so, it’s just a good environment for a film lover to be in.

   

Chicago International Film Festival #3

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 21 October 2011 12:48

The H.P. Lovecraft Society has come up with what may be the best approach, by creating films based on Lovecraft stories in the cinematic style of the period of the story. 

   

Chicago International Film Festival #2

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 19 October 2011 09:31

More than anything, Into the Abyss seems to be Herzog’s attempt to make an Errol Morris film, with the trademark Morris straight-to-camera interviews, penchant for exploiting strange characters and moments, and odd cuts which serve no purpose except to remind us of the presence of the camera.

   

Chicago International Film Festival #1

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 17 October 2011 15:20

Unfussy cinematography by Jay Silver captures the chill of a Chicago winter, while an excellent crew of actors creates a rich portrait of life among people who have absolutely nothing to do with the glamorous Chicago seen in tourist brochures.

   

Chicago International Film Festival | 10.6.11-10.20.11

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 07 October 2011 08:52

The 47th annual Chicago International Film Festival, which opens this Thursday (October 6) and runs through October 20, is just a manageable road trip away.

   

The Classic French Film Festival 07.14.11-07.31.11

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 14 July 2011 15:31

The festival kicks off, most appropriately, on Bastille Day with François Truffaut's 1980 masterpiece The Last Metro.

   

Contamination St. Louis 2011 | 06.25.2011

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 28 June 2011 19:44

A photogallery from the second edition of St. Louis' own horror, sci-fi, and pop culture convention.

   

Contamination Preview | 6.24.11-6.26.11

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 20 June 2011 17:34

St. Louis' own horror, sci-fi and pop culture convention spawns its own sequel.

   

A Nicholas Ray-trospective (Webster Film Series, 06.09.11 - 06.26.11)

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 09 June 2011 12:08

A Nicholas Ray film always offers something of interest—this guy couldn't do "ordinary" if his life depended on it.

   

Hot Docs Film Festival ’11 | Wrap-up and Awards

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 11 May 2011 19:13

Hot Docs is the largest documentary film festival in North America, showing (in 2011) 199 films from 43 countries. Here we have the 2011 award winners.

   

Hot Docs Film Festival ’11 | Day 6

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 11 May 2011 09:57

The adults in charge are often more interested in pretending everything is fine than in actually detecting and solving problems.

   

Hot Docs Film Festival ’11 | Day 5

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 11 May 2011 09:47

Refusing to be pinned down to a single or conventional viewpoint, LaBruce created queercore by merging the sensibilities of two highly unlikely bedfellows: the punk movement and gay culture.

   

Hot Docs Film Festival ’11 | Day 4

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:15

Never brag about your work, kill quickly and neatly, be well-educated and speak well, live an apparently normal life among normal people.

   

Hot Docs Film Festival ’11 | Day 3

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 10 May 2011 11:42

Trump’s bulldozers destroy private property and construct hideous mounds to prevent videotaping of his activities.

   

Hot Docs Film Festival ’11 | Day 2

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 09 May 2011 11:57

Phnom Penh Lullaby offers an intimate, sometimes in-your-face portrait of this odd couple, and its greatest merit is that it doesn’t force an arbitrary form on their chaotic lives.

   

Hot Docs Film Festival '11 | Day 1

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Monday, 09 May 2011 11:20

The kids are charmers and their recitations are things of beauty, but director Greg Barker also uses the contest as an occasion to highlight conflicts within modern Islam.

   

The 4th Annual Stella Artois QFest | 04.14.11 - 04.17.11

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 12 April 2011 20:15

You have to love a film in which a character responds to a semi-accidental shooting with, "Didn't you learn anything from Phil Spector?"

   

Found Footage Festival 2011 | 04.17.11

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 12 April 2011 11:36

There’s also a montage of clips from various videos called “Guy Stuff,” which, among other things, features a winner in something called Caverject: Plain Talk About Impotence.

   

SWSW Film Festival ’11 | Awards

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Saturday, 19 March 2011 09:39

The competition section is over and the award winners have been announced.

   

SXSW Film Festival ’11 | Day Six

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Saturday, 19 March 2011 09:32

They uncover a tale worthy of Sophocles in which love, hatred, and politics are inextricably intertwined.

   

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