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Category: Philadelphia Film Festival

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The Killing of Two Lovers (2020 – dir. Robert Machoian): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 3, 2020 No Comments

This is one of those “the less you know, the better” movies, not because anything so surprising happens that you wouldn’t want to be spoiled,…

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Digger (dir. Georgis Grigorakis): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 3, 2020 No Comments

A very entertaining window into an unfamiliar world, filled with familiar characterizations of real, devastatingly human people.

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Night of the Kings (dir. Philippe Lacôte): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 3, 2020 No Comments

The movie rocks. I’ve never seen anything like it.

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MLK/FBI (dir. Sam Pollard): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 2, 2020 No Comments

We often forget that back in the day, civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was a very controversial figure.

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I’m Your Woman (2020 – dir. Julia Hart): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 1, 2020 No Comments

Complex characters and shocking plot twists in service of a story that brings a female flavor to a typically male-dominated subgenre

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Come True (2020 – dir. Anthony Scott Burns): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 1, 2020 No Comments

Immediately striking, and consistently spooky for almost the entirety of its runtime

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The Witmans (2020 – dir. David Peterson): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 31, 2020 No Comments

The Witman family has gone through a tragedy so unimaginable that it couldn’t possibly be written into fiction.

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Sound of Metal (2019 – dir. Darius Marder): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 30, 2020 No Comments

A slower, quieter movie than the marketing would have you believe, but that’s ultimately a good thing

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Gunda (2020 – dir. Victor Kosakovkiy): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 30, 2020 No Comments

Who knew seeing an adolescent pig pee for a very, very long time could be such high art

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Banksy Most Wanted (2020 – dir. Seamus Haley, Laurent Richard, Aurélia Rouvier): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 30, 2020 No Comments

We all know who Banksy is, it’s just that we don’t know who, specifically, Banksy is.

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Kubrick by Kubrick (2020 – dir. Gregory Monro): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 29, 2020 No Comments

A mysterious figure, top to bottom, Kubrick is a man from another time.

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Jumbo (2020 – dir. Zoé Wittick): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 28, 2020 No Comments

Jumbo manages to accurately depict the feeling of romance as well as accurately describe the feeling of fetishization.

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Miracle Fishing (2020 – dir. Miles Hargrove & Christopher Birge): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 27, 2020 No Comments

An intense story that resembles what we see in a standard thriller, but being real life

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New Order (2020 – dir. Michel Franco): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2020 No Comments

This movie is going to upset a lot of people. Good. 

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Apples (2020 – dir. Christos Nikou): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2020 No Comments

A mostly quiet tale, carried by the human performances and minimalist plot

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White Lie (2019 – dir. Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2020 1 Comment

Ever meet one of those people who, no matter what the situation, cannot help but lie about even the tiniest things?

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OH MERCY! (orig. “Roubaix, une lumière”) (dir. ARNAUD DESPLECHIN): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival Review

Yumna Tolaimate November 10, 2019 No Comments

Suspense is just a side effect to this crime-ridden film that’s not a crime film

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THE REPORT (dir. Scott Z. Burns): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review

Yumna Tolaimate November 1, 2019 No Comments

THE (TORTURE) REPORT is captivating start to finish — the audience is expected to keep up with all the timeline and key elements changing the…

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BY THE GRACE OF GOD (orig. “Grâce à Dieu”) (dir. François Ozon) 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review

Yumna Tolaimate October 31, 2019 No Comments

Prepare to be outraged, triggered, maybe cringe a bit, cry a bit, smile a bit, or get up and cheer for justice. At the very…

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THE VAST OF NIGHT (dir. Andrew Patterson): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 27, 2019 No Comments

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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