Film Festival Reviews

Woodstock Film Festival 2016 Movies & Music on a recent perfect fall weekend in the Catskills. Check out Christina Kotlar and Yuri Turchyn absorbed in the art of conversation sorting through a carefully chosen weekend schedule of award winning films picking out the sounds that underscored the visually beautifully made sights. The post A Look at Woodstock Film Fest’s Fistful of Movies + Music appeared first on Film Festival reViews.

Film Festival reViews Archives Episode 01 Tribeca Film Festival 2006, with interviews and commentary from filmmakers; Laurence Asseraf, executive director of the Tribeca Underground Film Festival, a short film showcase and one of the first stereoscopic film festival still in existence (BeFILM); and Rob Moretti, executive producer of the Montclair International Film Festival that was […] The post Tribeca Film Festival First Podcast 2006 appeared first on Film Festival reViews.

“Waking Ned Devine meets Mr. Ed” is how I describe director Louise Osmond’s superbly crafted documentary, Dark Horse. The post Dark Horse: A Winner At Sundance appeared first on Film Festival reViews.

Lead singer of punk rock band, Traitors, Malika (Chaimae Ben Acha) engages her feminine heroic as she tries to find a way to change her world and escape the traditional life mapped out for women in Tangiers emulating Joe Strummer of the Clash, I’m so bored with Morocco but what can I do? In the […] The post Tribeca Film Festival: Engaging the Feminine Heroic appeared first on Film Festival reViews.

Ellen Houlihan’s breakout short film Joan’s Day Out, stars Oscar-nominated actor Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H), Tara Lynne Barr (God Bless America) and Betsy Franco.  Reminiscent of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the story centers on three generations of women with grandma (Sally Kellerman)  escaping from an assisted living home for a day to help her granddaughter out […] The post Ellen Houlihan’s Breakout Short – Joan’s Day Out appeared first on Film Festival reViews.

Quiet control in storytelling, Philippe Falardeau chose a situation in the first continuous scene when a beloved teacher is discovered having hanged herself in the classroom. Not wanting the students’ backgrounds to become an issue in a story that had enough issues to contend with, his choice of images included a private school, the characters […] The post Lessons Learned in Monsieur Lazhar appeared first on Film Festival reViews.

A Lot More With Les– Les Blank comes from a conversation with legendary documentary filmmaker Les Blank at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana in 2007. Les Blank is best known for poetic films that transform folk cultures into art forms. His soft spoken contemplative thoughts allows free flowing revelations. That was […] The post A Lot More With Les – Les Blank appeared first on Film Festival reViews.

Film Festival reViews 10 Year Archives (2006): A conversation with Catherine Wyler, Artistic Director of the High Falls Film Festival, an award winning producer and actor, daughter of Hollywood director William Wyler, grandniece of Universal Studio founder, Carl Laemmle– a pedigree of filmmakers. During my time as a member of Women in Film and Video […] The post High Falls Film Festival with Catherine Wyler appeared first on Film Festival reViews.

From Film Festival reViews 10-Year Archives: After 31 years, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) have a sophisticated Canadian film audience– film lovers willing to line up blocks long at screening venues to see the premieres. They are savvy about How to Festival even at morning screenings (the 9:30 a.m. screening of Dixie Chicks Shut […] The post TIFF a Sophisticated Film Festival appeared first on Film Festival reViews.