Sundance Film Festival Diary – Day One

January 27, 2013
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Sundance Film Festival Diary – Day One

The advance word on Sundance was that Park City temperatures hovered somewhere between McMurdo Station, Antarctica and Third Circle of Hell. Dire warnings were issued by friends and colleagues that anything less than Swedish military winter gear would result in the loss of toes, fingers or, perhaps, worse. Tales of wayward film critics wandering...
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The 2012 Toronto Film Festival: Day Three and Four

September 18, 2012
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DAY THREE I’ve got miles to go and my energy is already lagging. I decided to keep the day light in order to ready myself for tomorrow’s marathon screening of six films (and an interview). I really wanted to start the day with the 8AM showing of The Place Beyond The Pines but couldn’t...
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2012 TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL: Day Two

September 16, 2012
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              Last year my second favorite film of the festival was TAKE THIS WALTZ by actor-turned-director Sarah Polley (you can read my review here). I was excited to kick off Day Two this year with Polley’s documentary STORIES WE TELL, which not only elevates navel-gazing autobiography to something...
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Detroit: Quick Hits

August 23, 2010
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Racial inequality at Wayne State, the economic stimulus money can't buy and a movie every Detroiter should see.
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