Asensio writes, directs, and stars in this slow-burn thriller which took home top honors at this year’s SXSW festival.
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BRIMSTONE & GLORY (dir. Viktor Jakovlesly): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Films like this are why I go to festivals. There is truly nothing else quite like it.
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WONDERSTRUCK (dir. Todd Haynes): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Wonderstruck strikes no wonder at all.
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LADY BIRD (dir. Greta Gerwig): Philadelphia Film Festival review
What can I say? Gerwig knocks it out of the park.
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GEMINI (dir. Aaron Katz): Philadelphia Film Festival review
There’s something to be said about a mystery that simply crumbles once its secrets are revealed
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THE FLORIDA PROJECT (dir. Sean Baker): Philadelphia Film Festival review
The Florida Project is easily Philadelphia Film Festival’s most buzzed about exhibition.
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FLESH AND BLOOD (dir. Mark Webber): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Featured as part of the Greater Filmadelphia programming block, Flesh and Blood is Mark Webber’s semi-autobiographical tale of addiction and redemption.
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BLOODY MILK (dir. Hubert Charuel): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Bloody Milk is a sort of genre-less affair which could best be described as “occupational drama
dressed up like a thriller.”
JANE (dir. Brett Morgen): Philadelphia Film Festival review
The term ‘found footage’ is typically reserved for horror, where it describes a specific filmmaking style. With Jane, the stunning documentary about conservationist, Jane Goodall,…
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Dispatches from the 26th Philadelphia Film Festival: Capsule reviews from opening weekend
Dan Scully considers I, Tonya; Thoroughbreds, and The Villianness.
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BREATHE (dir. Andy Serkis): Philadelphia Film Festival review
What is most impressive about Breathe is its unimpressiveness. And that is a sincere compliment.
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