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Category: Philadelphia Film Festival

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Winners of the Philadelphia Film Festival Awards

Smalley Bogg November 1, 2023 No Comments

The Philadelphia Film Society announced the award winners for the 32nd Philadelphia Film Festival after the local premiere of Sly (a documentary on the career…

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THE HOLDOVERS (dir. Alexander Payne): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Angela Harmon October 24, 2023 No Comments

Alexander Payne, purveyor of fine vibes, might be softening up.

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FINGERNAILS (dir. Christos Nikou): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Angela Harmon October 23, 2023 No Comments

Fingernails beckons anyone who has ever claimed love is torture and calls their bluff.

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The First Step (dir. – Brandon Kramer): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 3, 2021 No Comments

“Are you still a communist?” yells an edgy CPAC attendee as Van Jones passes by.  “You’ll have to watch my show to find out,” laughs…

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Catch the Fair One (dir. Josef Kubota Wladyka): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 1, 2021 No Comments

I love boxing, and I love boxing movies, so I knew I couldn’t miss a movie starring and co-written by real-life boxer Kali Reis. Catch…

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Agnes (dir. Mickey Reece): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 1, 2021 1 Comment

With all concessions which must be made for a movie like Agnes in place, namely that it was made rather quickly and on the cheap,…

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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (dir. Junta Yamaguchi): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 31, 2021 No Comments

Time travel is my favorite storytelling device in existence. It’s a great way to explore a wealth of themes, and as a concept it’s just…

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Petite Maman (dir. Céline Sciamma): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 30, 2021 No Comments

I thought I’d never forget what it was like to be a kid, and I thought I hadn’t forgotten, but then I saw Petite Maman…

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One Second (dir. Yimou Zhang): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 29, 2021 1 Comment

Every year I try to see a movie, picked at random, for which I have no information. A total blind date with a film. Sometimes…

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Mother Schmuckers (dir. Harpo Guit, Lenny Guit): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 29, 2021 No Comments

Somewhere between Tom Green, Quentin Dupieux, and that shithead kid across the street who always seems to be getting in trouble exists Mother Schmuckers, a…

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Mass (dir. Fran Kranz): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 28, 2021 No Comments

Mass is a movie that feels like a play. The basic gist is that four individuals are sitting around a table discussing the fallout from…

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Red Rocket (dir. Sean Baker): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2021 No Comments

Sean Baker has built a career making films that shed a light on fringe communities

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The French Dispatch (dir. Wes Anderson): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Angela Harmon October 26, 2021 No Comments

No matter what you think, you don’t have Wes Anderson pegged.

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The Sadness (dir. Rob Jabbaz): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2021 2 Comments

I didn’t expect to have my stomach turned in any notable way.

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The Novice (dir. Lauren Hadaway): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2021 1 Comment

A basic description of The Novice would be “Whiplash, but with rowing instead of drumming.”

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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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