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Bird Watching – So You’re Not at SXSW
It’s that time, when a major film festival is going on and those of who aren’t there have to bear the burden of sifting through all the tweets from those who are. Never fear! You can have your very own film festival from your couch,…
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Bird Watching – Contemplating the Directing Career of Elaine May
Thinking of all the promising careers in Hollywood over the years that were cut short by any number of circumstances, Elaine May’s directing career is near the top of my list of most aggravating. Here was a great comedian who had crossed into a role…
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Bird Watching – Nancy Savoca’s “Dogfight”
Discovering a great, previously unknown performance from an admired actor is one of the joys of watching little-known films. Discovering a pair of great performances from actors you never knew worked together is even better. This was just part of my delight while watching Nancy…
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Bird Watching – Ten Awesome Films by Women to Stream Right Now
I very much believe it is the duty of a true film fan to look around on a regular basis and make sure that the films you’re consuming represent a variety of voices. It is, obviously, one of the reasons I write this column. In…
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Bird Watching – Considering the Greatest-Ever Films By Women
In the wake of last week’s release of the Sight & Sound list of the Greatest Films of All Time for 2012—a list that comes out once a decade, and is generated by collecting the opinions of hundreds of film critics—a conversation cropped up about…
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SIFF Film Review – The House
I think all film buffs have a few hyper-specific types of films that appeal to them in a sort of odd, beacon-like way. One of mine is indie films about normal people struggling with financial problems. Though that doesn’t sound particularly exciting, I’m quite serious—I’m…
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Bird Watching – SIFF 2012 Preview
Being the film festival that bills itself as the largest in the country, it is only right and just that many interesting films by women are showing this year at the Seattle International Film Festival. The most high-profile of these was the film shown last…
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