Posts Tagged ‘ Indianapolis International Film Festival ’

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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: Movie Reviews

A riveting documentary about the life and times of a famous civil rights attorney through the eyes of his daughters.



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Camilla Calamandrei

Jul 21st, 2009 | By Joe Shearer | Category: Interviews, Lede Interview

Filmmaker Camilla Calamandrei talks about her documentary “The Tiger Next Door.”



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Sita Sings the Blues

Jul 18th, 2009 | By Joe Shearer | Category: 2009 Indy International Film Festival Reviews, IIFF Featured1

A dazzling mash of cultures, colors and styles, “Sita Sings the Blues” is an animated film the likes of which you’ve likely never seen.



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Filmmaker Nina Paley

Jul 17th, 2009 | By Christopher Lloyd | Category: 2009 Indy International Film Festival Reviews, Interviews, Lede Interview

The writer/director/animator/editor/ everything else of “Sita Sings the Blues” talks about making the ultimate break-up movie.



Hoosier Filmmaker Kate Chaplin, “First They Came For”

Jul 16th, 2009 | By Joe Shearer | Category: Interviews

Chaplin talks about her film, what drew her to the subject matter and what the poem means to her.



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Hoosier filmmaker Brian Pearce (“Illusions of Life”)

Jul 16th, 2009 | By Amanda Mitchell | Category: Lede Interview

Pearce talks with Amanda about his short film “Illusions of Life,” playing at the IIFF.



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Beket

Jul 16th, 2009 | By Caine Gardner | Category: 2009 Indy International Film Festival Reviews, IIFF Featured3

Beket is like a walk through a twisted and distorted version of purgatory, where all is black and white, techno music fills the landscape and two strangers are in search of Godot.



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Lo

Jul 15th, 2009 | By Joe Shearer | Category: 2009 Indy International Film Festival Reviews

When we tell our significant others that we would go to hell and back for them, not many of us mean it literally.



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Throw it Down

Jul 15th, 2009 | By Caine Gardner | Category: 2009 Indy International Film Festival Reviews

If you think a film about marching drum corps can’t be anything special, prepare to be mesmerized.



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Salud

Jul 15th, 2009 | By Caine Gardner | Category: 2009 Indy International Film Festival Reviews

Cesar De Leon’s Salud is a heartbreakingly honest depiction of alcohol abuse and its ripple effects within a family.