We’re not reinventing the wheel here, but it’s a well-made wheel, and it rolls forward just fine.
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WONDERSTRUCK (dir. Todd Haynes): Philadelphia Film Festival review
It’s pure delight for a film nerd to bask in Haynes’ seamless blend of homage,
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MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND (dir. Ana Asensio): Philadelphia Film Festival review
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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TOUCHTONES (Arden): 60-second review
This treacly throwback neither titillates nor liberates.
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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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BUT NEXT NOT THIS (Hella Fresh Theater & Hum’n’bards): A bi-coastal experiment
A great idea for an experiment, but I’m not convinced that the reality plays out as well as the concept.
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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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Daniel Matsukawa and Friends (PCM Society): Music review
Philadelphia Orchestra principal bassoonist Daniel Matsukawa was featured in a chamber music program presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia
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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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HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO (Annenberg): Showcasing 40 years of inspiring movement
A cast of incredible movers highlights the long-term success of the company and range of the work they present.
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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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I, TONYA (dir. Craig Gillespie): Philadelphia Film Festival review
I, Tonya wants to be about love.
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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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IDEATION (Theatre Exile): How to succeed in business
The sterile corporate-speak of modern business pervades Aaron Loeb’s darkly comic contemporary play
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BUYER & CELLAR (1812 Productions): The way we are
This is one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction moments. BUYER AND CELLAR is about Barbra Streisand’s basement.
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