Festival Dispatch
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Does Maitland, Florida Have The Best Arthouse in America?
On Saturday night, hundreds of people gathered at the Enzian Theater in Maitland, Florida to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Florida Film Festival. Outside, patrons gathered at the two-year-old Eden Bar, admiring a newly designed mural by indie animator Bill Plympton. On the vast lawn adjacent...
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Colin Firth, Unhinged! and Other Highlights from Aspen Shortsfest 2011
Colin Firth playing a pesky neighbor in Rupert Friend’s “Steve” is just one of the many unexpected scenarios to be found among the 80-plus short films screening at Aspen Shortsfest, which opens today and runs through April 10. With a heavy emphasis on international filmmaking, the prestigious Colora...
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Critic's Notebook: New Directors/New Films Shows Flawed Movies, For Good Reasons
Most film festival programmers will admit that you can't please everyone. At festivals large and small, the people responsible for the movies in their lineups smile at the podium and vouch for their choices, readily aware that the program's quality is anything but impeccable. However, New Directors/...
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Cricket Eating and Organized Chaos: Ten Reasons Why SXSW Still Works
SXSW celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, but the essential elements remain unchanged: It's still 10 days of movies and music and new media experienced by masses of people with reckless energy. It also means many things to many different people, but here's a few notes about what the latest edi...
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Berlinale 2011 | It's The Pictures That Got Small: Searching For Cinema In "Die ewige Zweite"
Of the many questions raised by this year's Berlin Film Festival - and we'll get to those in a minute - none seemed more puzzling than this: why did so many of its public spaces - the Cinemaxx bar, the foyer of the Arsenal - carry upon the air the faint but unmistakable scent of semen? ...
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Berlinale 2011 | Competition Titles from Tarr, Fiennes and Farhadi
As the 2011 Berlin Film Festival crosses the halfway mark, indieWIRE looks at three of the top competition titles from Bela Tarr, Ralph Fiennes and Asghar Farhadi.
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Rotterdam Dispatch | Fest Reinforces its Reputation for Avant-Farde Fare
The 40th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which is coming to a close this weekend, has been branded the "XL Edition." Not only does XL stand for 40 in Roman numerals but it also suggests the extra-large number of both visitors and films to seek out. The festival's reputation for...
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The Winners, Discoveries and Celebrity of the 26th Annual Santa Barbara Film Festival
In his opening remarks at the 26th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, fest director Roger Durling said he wanted his event to extol the values of democracy, open discourse and spirited disagreements.
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Rotterdam Dispatch | Record Audiences Treated to "Wasted Youth" and Retro Commie Westerns
Celebrating its fortieth anniversary, the Rotterdam International Film Festival opened last Wednesday to record crowds yet again. In recent years, the 11-day festival has become the Netherland’s largest cultural event, with attendance at last year’s event topping over 350,000. If th...
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