Author: Melanie Votaw
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Bitter Buddha, History of Future Folk Score Awards at 2012 Friars Club Comedy Film Festival
Local Tourists, The Bitter Buddha, and The Female Orgasm Law are just a few films that scored awards at the 2012 Friars Club Comedy Film Festival. Melanie Votaw was there.
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Philadelphia Film Festival Opens with Silver Linings Playbook Starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence
Melanie Votaw reports on the Philadelphia Film Festival screening of Silver Linings Playbook, starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. The Sessions, Quartet, Stand Up Guys, and War Witch are a few of the other films screening at the festival.
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Friars Club Film Festival Brings the Funny to New York
The Friars Club Comedy Film Festival is set to launch on Oct. 24. Filled with funny indie features, shorts, and documentaries, it’s a unique festival that includes parties for passholders at the beautiful Friars Club building in midtown Manhattan.
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New York Film Festival Features Flight, Passion, and The Paperboy
Melanie Votaw reports on films featured at the New York Film Festival, including Passion, The Paperboy and Flight, including a press conference with Denzel Washington, Bruce Greenwood, John Gatins, Robert Zemeckis, Don Cheadle and Melissa Leo.
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The 10 Best Netflix Streaming Films You Have Never Seen
If you haven’t yet seen White Irish Drinkers, Detachment, The Rebound, Janie Jones and $5 a Day, no time like the present! Melanie Votaw lists these films and more in her top ten Netflix streaming films you’ve never seen.
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New York Film Festival Movies Explore Female Friendships
Ginger & Rosa, Frances Ha, and Beyond the Hills are three films focused on the intriguing theme of female relationships. All are featured at the New York Film Festival, and Melanie Votaw is there.
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The Transcendent Life of Pi Makes Cinematic History
Melanie Votaw writes about the privilege of seeing the world premiere screening of Ang Lee’s latest film, Life of Pi, an extraordinary work of art that left her breathless.
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Interview: Penny Marshall Tells All in New Memoir, My Mother Was Nuts
Melanie Votaw sat down with Penny Marshall and got the scoop on her childhood, career, relationships, and new memoir, My Mother Was Nuts.
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New York Film Festival to Feature Life of Pi, Flight, and The Paperboy
The New York Film Festival begins its 50th year at the end of this month with premieres and galas, including the Life of Pi, Flight, and The Paperboy.
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The Toronto International Film Festival is Over … and the Big Winner is Bradley Cooper
Who scored big at the Toronto International Film Festival? Melanie Votaw wraps up the fest and discovers that Bradley Cooper and his films, The Silver Linings Playbook and The Place Beyond the Pines, garnered lots of buzz.
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Dance Moms Was My Life
Think things get tense on Dance Moms? Try living it. Melanie Votaw remembers how much her childhood was like the Lifetime TV show.
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You Could Be Brothers: Actor Pairs Who Should Play Siblings in a Movie
Melanie Votaw sets out to help casting directors cast brothers and sisters in upcoming films with this list of celebrity lookalikes.