Category: Movies
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Doc ‘Liyana’ is Talk of 2017 Citizen Jane Film Festival
During the 10th annual Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, which ended on Oct. 29, 2017, I asked a number of people to tell me their favorite of the films they’d seen. Nine times out of ten, the answer was “Liyana,” a documentary set in Swaziland, a small country in southern Africa. It was…
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Citizen Jane Film Festival: ‘The Light of the Moon’ is Realistic Portrayal of Rape Victim
“The Light of the Moon,” which won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at SXSW 2017, was a perfect film to be included in the Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri this past weekend – a festival devoted to women filmmakers. Written and directed by Jessica M. Thompson, the film focuses on a woman who…
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10th Annual Citizen Jane Film Festival Closes with ‘In the Radiant City’
The 10th annual Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri closed out on Oct. 29, 2017 with the feature drama “In the Radiant City.” Directed by Rachel Lambert, who co-wrote the script with Nathan Gregorski, the film stars Michael Abbott, Jr., Marin Ireland, Madisen Beaty, and Celia Weston.
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Citizen Jane Film Fest: 4 Films from the Bizarre to the Poignant
I saw eight feature-length films in this year’s Citizen Jane Film Festival, and I liked all but one of them. The work was consistently daring and/or innovative.
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10th Annual Citizen Jane Film Festival Opens with ‘Landline’
The Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, which celebrates women filmmakers, opened its tenth year on Oct. 27, 2017 with the feature comedy-drama “Landline.”
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Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and Taylor Kitsch Play Hero Firefighters in ‘Only the Brave’
“Only the Brave,” is based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a heroic unit of local firefighters that put their lives on the line to protect families and their communities. This elite firefighting team forges a unique brotherhood that comes into focus with one fateful fire. “Only the Brave” stars Josh Brolin,…
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NYFF: Jane Goodall’s Life With The Chimps Celebrated in ‘Jane’
Beloved chimp lady and peripatetic traveler Jane Goodall was on the West Coast last night for the Los Angeles premiere of National Geographic’s documentary “Jane” about her early years in the jungle study chimpanzees. Last week the renowned humanitarian, conservationist and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, was in New York for the film’s New…
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Shout Factory Releases ‘Into the Night’ Blu-ray Collector’s Edition
Shout Factory! is releasing a classic 1980s movie that you’ve probably never seen – Into the Night, in an all new blu-ray collector’s edition.
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NYFF: Greta Gerwig On ‘Lady Bird’ and Stars Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf
Greta Gerwig is making her directing debut with “Lady Bird,” a sweetly funny coming-of-age film starring “Brooklyn” star Saoirse Ronan. She plays an angst-riddled 17 year-old in 2002 Sacramento, who dreams of escape to an East Coast college. Born Christine, this precocious and cynical teen insists on calling herself Lady Bird, to the annoyance of her mother…
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Dustin Hoffman Will Be Honored at the Gotham Awards
Dustin Hoffman will receive the Actor Tribute this year at the Independent Film Project Gotham Awards. The two-time Academy Award and six-time Golden Globe winning actor stars in Noah Baumbach’s new film “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” which had its New York premiere last Sunday at the New York Film Festival. Hoffman co-stars with…
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NYFF: Rebecca Miller On Her New Doc, ‘Arthur Miller: Writer’; also Her Acting Detour in ‘Meyerowitz Stories’
Rebecca Miller, the director of “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” (2009), “Personal Velocity” (2002) and “The Ballad of Jack and Rose” (2005), has directed a wonderful documentary for HBO about her father simply called “Arthur Miller: Writer.” The film will premiere next week at the New York Festival. Do not miss it! The film’s…
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Trailer Released for Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Murder On the Orient Express’
Kenneth Branagh’s new version of “Murder on the Orient Express” will be released Nov. 10, 2017, and an exciting trailer has just been released.