Film Festivals
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What You Should Know Before Going to a Film Festival
Dear FSR Seeing one movie? No problem! A dozen in a weekend? Well… At some point in your life, you’ve likely been faced with a question…
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Exploring Personal Trauma and Human Struggle at The New York Film Festival
A first weekend diary from the 54th New York Film Festival.I Am Not Your NegroYou’ve heard it before, but I am going to say it again.…
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The Best Films We Saw at Fantastic Fest 2016
From werewolves on patrol to alien encounters to handmaidens, we saw some fantastic movies in Austin last week. Fantastic Fest 2016 is over. We saw movies, we…
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The 11 Films We Can’t Wait To See at Fantastic Fest 2016
Mmmm, movies. It’s here. Fantastic Fest 2016 starts tomorrow night, and a thorough look at the films and events planned for the next eight days…
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The Commune Review: A New Take on Marital Compromise
The Commune Delivers Lively Family Drama from Thomas Vinterberg The latest from master Thomas Vinterberg is brilliantly conceived, yet non-innovative, exploration of marital compromise. One…
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The Magnificent Seven Review
The Magnificent Seven Doesn’t Come Close To Rekindling Old Magic Despite an all-star cast, Antoine Fuqua’s update fails to hit its target. Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard) is…
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As If We Needed More Reasons to Be Excited for Fantastic Fest 2016
The final wave of titles playing Fantastic Fest is here. Two weeks. Fourteen days. How ever many hours that works out to be. We’re getting close…
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Venice and Telluride: 5 Films to Watch
Five of the Best from this Weekend’s Fests Rounding up buzz from Venice and Telluride. This weekend, legions of cinema aficionados trekked to Telluride, Colorado;…
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The Star-Studded Casualties of Film Festivals
Take a moment and remember these catastrophes.