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08 August, 2025

Rebuilding redux

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So here's the thing,  Despite being significantly shortened, I thought the 2024 Film Festival really was terribly strong. And now, with ...
29 July, 2024

Rebuilding suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex, happy endings... mainly happy endings

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So here's the thing.  Last year  I commented that , after three years of interrupted, delayed, shortened film festivals, we were finally...
28 July, 2024

Revival redux

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So here's the thing,  As we get to the 2024 film festival in a couple of days, it's time I get around to posting my reflections on t...
26 July, 2023

Revival of suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex, happy endings... mainly happy endings

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So here's the thing,   The film festival starts tomorrow, and it seems weird to realise it's been four years since we had a proper t...
12 March, 2023

1441 minutes

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So here's the thing,  About seven years ago, filmmaking duo the Daniels released their first film, Swiss Army Man . And there was a lot ...
01 November, 2022

Rebuilding redux

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So here's the thing,  As usual, I sought to keep track of my feelings of the films I saw during this year's film festival by posting...
04 August, 2022

Rebuilding suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex, happy endings... mainly happy endings

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So here's the thing,  The last two years for the film festival were tough. Between the inevitable but anticlimactic shift to a largely o...
27 March, 2022

1392 minutes

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So here's the thing,  A few weeks ago, there was a small controversy in the film world after filmmaker and comic book fan Kevin Smith (w...
02 December, 2021

Optimism redux

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So here's the thing, I genuinely did not think I'd be able to write this post. Even as I bought my film festival tickets, I was thin...
04 November, 2021

An anti-climactic suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex, happy endings... mainly happy endings

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So here's the thing, With the 2021 film festival starting tonight (with a screening of The Power of the Dog that I couldn't get tic...
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