“Best. Fest. Ever.”
That was the assessment by Cliff Froehlich, the executive director of Cinema St. Louis, as he unveiled the line-up for the 17th annual St. Louis International Film Festival on Wednesday.
The festival, which runs Nov. 13-23 at venues including the…
When I attend film festivals, I’m accustomed to running movie marathons. But today in Toronto I set a new personal record, catching parts of seven movies. In order they were:
“Che,” Steven Soderbergh’s four-epic about the communist revolutionary (which I suspect…
Every year, the big film festivals in Venice and Toronto overlap for a few days, and when the prizewinners from Venice are announced, it often elevates films in Toronto that had been flying under the radar. Yesterday, the Italians dropped…
Summer’s over, so I’ve made my annual trek north for the Toronto Film Festival.
I arrived by canoe at sunset, then I rented a dog sled to take me to the festival igloo, where the movies are screened by the light…
I’m in Italy right now, after stops in England and France, so granted I’m getting a filtered and foreign perspective, but the recurring theme of my trip to the Venice Film Festival is that America has lost its dominant role in world culture, and movies are becoming…
The Wednesday kickoff of the Venice Film Festival was lit by Hollywood star power, but like the world economy, the weeklong event is being propped up by Europe and Asia.
George Clooney and my Mizzou classmate Brad Pitt were on…
Summer is a busy time for movies, so usually I postpone my vacation until after the last Eddie Murphy or “Mummy” flick has stunk up the multiplex. This year, I’ve been planning to take my vacation around Labor Day, to…
Cloistered monks and masked lady wrestlers. A classic-rock deejay and a do-it-yourself mobster. Two basketball hustlers and a clubhouse full of sock puppets.
Those are some of the characters you can meet in the feature films at the St. Louis Filmmakers…
Last week, while I was racing between events at the St. Louis International Film Festival, I heard one of those civic-booster commercials in which the new president of the Blues says what a ânice” town we have. As far as…
