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HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROUND UP – Laura Emerick reports

October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 Laura Emerick 0 Comments cloris leachman, film festivals, for sama, Greg Sorvig, heartland international film festival, House of Hummingbird, indianapolis, The Garden Left Behind

To stand out among the many regional film festivals nationwide, Heartland has created its own special niche by focusing on movies that convey the transformative power of cinema. Witness its mission statement: “The films we select and exhibit — whether they inspire and uplift, educate and inform, or shift audiences’ perspectives on the world — all have one thing in common: they are story-driven films that do more than entertain.”

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HEARTLAND FILM FEST 2019: It’s a Wrap – Laura Emerick reports

October 17, 2019October 21, 2019 Laura Emerick 0 Comments duplass brothers, Fire on the Hill, for sama, heartland film festival, House of Hummingbird, indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS — For Sama, a documentary about life under siege in war-torn Syria, won two of the top prizes at the 28th annual Heartland Film Festival, which concluded its 11-day run here Oct. 20.

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OFFICIAL SECRETS – Review by Laura Emerick

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 Laura Emerick 0 Comments Gavin Hood, katherine gun, Keira Knightley, martin bright, matt smith, official secrets

In 2003, while the American media batted around the possibility of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and some outlets even helped to advance the Bush administration’s march to war, Britain faced its own press-related crisis that didn’t receive much coverage outside the United Kingdom.

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Women at the 10th TCM Classic Film Festival – Laura Emerick reports

April 21, 2019April 21, 2019 Laura Emerick 0 Comments Allison Anders, Cari Beauchamp, desert hearts, donna deitch, dorothy arzner, helen shaver, merrily we go to hell, patricia carbonneau, Santo vs. the Evil Brain, Stephanie Rothman, student nurses, tcm classic film festival, Viviana García Besné

The classic movie channel’s marathon drew film buffs from around the world to enjoy appearances by actors and filmmakers, world-premiere restorations, tributes (including salutes to 20th Century Fox, filmmaker Nora Ephron and historian-director Kevin Brownlow), and above all, the experience of a shared community. Many screenings and events were programmed around this year’s theme of “Follow Your Heart: Love at the Movies.”

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Chicago’s Doc10 Film Festival – Laura Emerick Reports

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 Laura Emerick 0 Comments chicago film festivals, chicago media project, Doc 10, documentaries

A list of the top North American festivals dedicated to documentary filmmaking would have to include AFI Docs, the Full Frame Documentary Festival, Hot Docs and coming up on the turn, the Chicago-based festival Doc10, returning for its fourth edition April 11-14, 2019.

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Top Ten 2012 – Laura Emerick

December 19, 2012 Laura Emerick 0 Comments

1. Amour 2. Lincoln 3. Argo 4. Moonrise Kingdom 5. Holy Motors 6. Flight 7. Django Unchained 8. Searching for

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"#TheLostKing is far from perfect but it is witty, vaguely edifying, and very British." @LizBraunSun reviews director Stephen Frears' latest, starring the always luminous Sally Hawkins: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/the-lost-king-review-by-liz-braun/

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ICYMI: @MarBarFu brings us #AWFJ's weekly look at movies made by and about women. For March 20-26, here's a run down of what's hitting theatres or streaming: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/opening-march-20-to-26-2023-margaret-barton-fumo-reports/

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Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska‘s #Fugue is finally getting a long-overdue limited US cinema release. Our own @suspirialex takes a look at this portrait of a woman in crisis: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/fugue-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

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We had to wait decades for Nicolas Cage's very first western (Butcher's Crossing) but then only 1 year for his second - #TheOldWays. @susangranger reviews the latest from @PrimeVideo: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/the-old-ways-review-by-susan-granger/

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"Documentary-like in its candor, [#TheWorstOnes] is also touchingly tender as it captures a memorable summer in its characters’ lives." Our Movie of the Week (#MOTW) team reviews the #Cannes2022 #UnCertainRegard winner from Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/movie-of-the-week-march-24-2023-the-worst-ones/

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