Festivals
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Nordic International Film Festival 2019 Preview: What to Expect This Fall From The Largest Nordic Fest Outside of Europe
As the largest Nordic festival outside of Europe, Nordic International Film Festival (NIFF) is “working towards building a bridge between the international independent film and...
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Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019: 13 Moviemakers On The Joys and Perils of Making Short Films
By providing a space where short films can be appreciated without competing for attention alongside feature films, Palm Springs International ShortFest has positioned itself as...
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ReadingFilmFEST 2019 Preview: A Look at What to Look Forward to on the Central PA Fest’s Fifth Anniversary
Heading into their fifth year, ReadingFilmFEST is a fall festival generating a unique smaller more intimate experience for moviemakers. As moviemakers themselves, the directors at...
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Festival Beat: Intimate Guest Appearances, Lively Panels, and Eats Aplenty at San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
When I was a kid, I loved going to summer camp. I ate… a lot. Even as a child, I loved going away to a...
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Festival Beat: International Auteur Works and Surreal Live Performances at Küstendorf Film and Music Festival 2019
The 12th annual Küstendorf Film and Music Festival opened with a flourish in the form of a 50-piece Moldovan orchestra. That was followed by a...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
1Inside the Issue: Directing
Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...