KVIFF 2021: Award Winners, Highlights, and a Video Diary
It was just my luck that I saw almost nothing that won awards at KVIFF. You make compromises all over the place at every festival. An interview opportunity comes up,…
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Impeachment: American Crime Story Offers Riveting Angle on History
Watching Ryan Murphy’s latest chapter in his “American Crime Story” anthology series, I was struck by his use of that first word. It’s become trendy to tack the word “American”…
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Thumbnails Special Edition: Happy 40th Anniversary to the Sundance Institute
In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of Robert Redford‘s Sundance Institute, they have asked us to share some of our own memories about the Institute and the Festival. We are…
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Laughing Until It Hurts: An American Werewolf in London at 40
Although the notion of a werewolf had been utilized for its cinematic potential as far back as the now-feared-lost silent film “The Werewolf” (1913) and reached the pinnacle of its…
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#414 August 31, 2021
Matt writes: Last week, RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert announced that this year’s installment of Ebertfest, which was originally scheduled to run from September 8th through the 11th, will be postponed…
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