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Wolfwalkers – Natural Freedom

Wolfwalkers – Natural Freedom

?I?m afraid one day you?ll end up in a cage.  ?I?m already in a cage!? Wolfwalkers is the third offering from Cartoon Saloon that focuses on Irish folklore. Like the earlier films, Secret of the Kells and Song of the Sea, this is a brilliantly artistic animated...

Recon – Moral Questions of War

Recon – Moral Questions of War

?I have had enough.? How should we think of war? Is it a romantic, idealized story of heroics? Is it hell, as General Sherman said? Do we accept that ?all?s fair? in war? Are there rules of morality that we must follow to maintain our humanity? Recon, written and...

18 to Party – 8th Grade Breakfast Club

18 to Party – 8th Grade Breakfast Club

Waiting. But for what? Jeff Roda?s 18 to Party is all about waiting. It is the kind of waiting we have all experienced?waiting for life. Set in 1984, we spend an afternoon and evening with a group of eighth graders outside a local teen nightclub. But they can?t go in...

Koko-di Koko-da – Inescapable Nightmare

Koko-di Koko-da – Inescapable Nightmare

A broken relationship fueled by grief is the engine that runs Johannes Nyholm?s Koko-di Koko-da. The film is prefaced with a vacation Tobias and Elin are taking with their young daughter Maya. They are hit with a seemingly innocuous case food poisoning, but it changes...

That Good Night – To Rage or Not To Rage

That Good Night – To Rage or Not To Rage

?Are you sorry you woke up?? What makes it worth living for another day, or two, or a few months? In Eric Styles?s film That Good Night, based on a play by N.J. Crisp, that becomes the real question, not just to be or not to be. Ralph (the late John Herd in his final...

Thursday at AFIFest 2020

Thursday at AFIFest 2020

As AFIFest 2020 Presented by Audi comes to an end, I want to thank the festival for allowing me to cover it again this year. This is always one of the highlights of my cinematic year. It is always an enormous task to put on a festival, especially one like AFIFest....

Wednesday at AFIFest 2020

Wednesday at AFIFest 2020

My cat has enjoyed AFIFest 2020 Presented by Audi a great deal this year. She rarely has a chance to spend a whole afternoon on my lap when I actually have to go to movies. I doubt she realizes the qualities of movies she?s sleeping through. She?s missing out on some...

Tuesday at AFIFest 2020

Tuesday at AFIFest 2020

AFIFest 2020 Presented by Audi has teamed up with NBC News to present the Meet the Press Film Festival, programs of short documentaries about issues facing the world. Today I took in the program entitled ?Justice for All? which included three shorts. My Brother?s...

Monday at AFIFest2020

Monday at AFIFest2020

Monday was a light day for me at AFIFest 2020 Presented by Audi. But even though I only have two films to report on today, the films themselves were not light. ?Inanimate object, do you have a soul that sticks to our soul and forces us to love?? Belgian director Zo?...