Saw ANORA during The Philadelphia Film Festival #PFF33. It made my #Top10 and won @philafcc.bsky.social Best Film of 2024
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The Film Scribes Podcast: Film Scribes Podcast Episode 122: GLADIATOR, WICKED and PFF 2024 Welcome back listeners! We know its been a little while since we last popped up in your feed, so we're happy to be back with a look at the two big and long-awaited releases this weekend - GLADIATOR II...

The Film Scribes Podcast returns! @stephensilver.bsky.social @filmbuffrich.bsky.social and @heimlich.bsky.social lich talk WICKED, GLADIATOR 2, and #PFF33 filmscribes.libsyn.com/film-scribes...

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33rd Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Coverage My coverage of the 33rd Annual Philadelphia Film Festival (#PFF33) spanning from October 17 thru October 27, 2024 …

@tinseltine.bsky.social reviews #PFF33 film THE BRUTALIST tinseltine.com/33rd-annual-...

PFF33 Day Eleven: Baseball and Stolen Artifacts Close Out A Great Fest Plus: the 10 Best Films seen. My viewing habits finally caught up with me, as did the looming specter of joblessness. As I’ve mentioned before, in the past I’d usually become rundown by…

Day Eleven: EEPHUS, DAHOMEY #PFF33
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PFF33 Day 10: Penultimate Day Brings “The End”, But Not The End A couple highlights, one dud, a disapointment, and a throwback. The End. Credit: Neon Years ago – when I was clocking time at UPS before college – I was listening to an episode of Films…

Day Ten: THE END, THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, FLOW, A TRAVELLER'S NEEDS, STREETS OF FIRE #PFF33
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PFF33 Day Nine: Closing Night Brings the “Blitz” By no means are we winding down though. Blitz. Credit: Apple As you can gather from the title, “closing night” is a bit of a misnomer in that there’s still two days of programming…

Day Nine: BLITZ, SANTOSH, THE KNIFE, SEW TORN #PFF33
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PFF33 Day Eight: Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult play Cops and Nazis in “The Order” Plus a couple of the customary European imports The Order. Credit: Vertical Recently, I’ve been listening to a podcast called Weird Little Guys, a sister show of sorts to Behind The Bastards.…

Day Eight: THE ORDER, PEACOCK, THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME #PFF33
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PFF33 Day Seven: Hump Day Brings Some Hidden Gems Prior plans bring lighter days. We’re officially more than halfway through the festival and surprisingly I don’t feel as run down. A lot of that can be chalked up to the length of so ma…

Day 7: FREEDOM WAY, SUPERBOYS OF MALEGAON, THE RULE OF JENNY PEN #PFF33
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PFF33 Day Six: A Cute Addition to Age Gap Cinema Leads Off A Grabbag You know what they say about best laid plans. Ok so I lied a little on the last one. Pedro got pushed to the next showing on Saturday because I didn’t want to have gap with another one today,…

Day Six: BABY, MEN OF WAR, SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, NIGHT CALL #PFF33
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PFF33 Day Five: “No Other Land” Is The Most Necessary Documentary of the Year And some much lighter fare No Other Land. Credit: Antipode Films Since the Philadelphia Film Society took over the theaters post COVID, the Festival has been conslidated at the three arthouse theat…

Day Five: NO OTHER LAND, THE BLACK SEA, CONCLAVE, DEAD TALENT'S SOCIETY #PFF33
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PFF33 Day Four: Mike Leigh Delivers Some “Hard Truths” Elsewhere, Real Pain in multiple senses A Real Pain. Credit: Fox Searchlight My goal for attending PFF has usually come down to shoving as much cinema in front of my eyeballs as humanly possible. T…

Day Four: A REAL PAIN, NICKEL BOYS, HARD TRUTHS #PFF33
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PFF33 Day Three: A Slew of Centerpieces (Including One of the Best of the Year) And also Maria is here All We Imagine As Light. Credit: Janus/Sideshow Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light (Grade: A) is a frontrunner for my favorite film I’ve seen all year. Don&#…

Day Three: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT, MARIA, THE BRUTALIST, and CLOUD #PFF33
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PFF33 Day Two: Sean Baker’s Grand Return Plus the first of many Indian films, and the craziest of the festival so far That one screenshot from Anora. Credit: NEON There was probably no film more anticipated this year than Sean Baker&#8217…

Day 2: ANORA, ARMAND, GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS, and BIRDEATER #PFF33
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PFF33 Day Eleven: Baseball and Stolen Artifacts Close Out A Great Fest Plus: the 10 Best Films seen. My viewing habits finally caught up with me, as did the looming specter of joblessness. As I’ve mentioned before, in the past I’d usually become rundown by…

I also did quite a bit of writing on the Philadelphia Film Festival, check the tags on this post for more #PFF33
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Here's my attempt to organize my thoughts around #PFF33!
I liked everything, so I just divided them up into 3 groups w/ S-Tier being the best & alphabetized them by tier.
I skipped all the big movies b/c I lost a weekend to Horror-thon. I'm hoping to catch up with them during their regular releases.

LA COCINA (2024) This paints a beautiful portrait of the hectic lives of the staff at a Times Square restaurant. A great ensemble filled with memorable characters, some you fall in love with and are incredibly frustrating (I'm looking at you, Pedro). #365Movies 373 #PFF33

BIRDEATER (2023) As a fan of awkward dinner scenes, I really cringed at this Australian bachelor party attended by the bride-to-be. There are a lot of secrets in this group of friends(?) and they're all hiding just under the surface. #365Movies 372 #PFF33

LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH (2024) I went in with very little knowledge of Luther Vandross, and I think I'm coming away a fan. Really interesting to see him go from a backing singer to a full-blown solo star. #365Movies 371 #PFF33

EEPHUS (2024) On a lazy Sunday the last game of the season is played for the last season before the field is paved over for a new construction in this nostalgic eulogy to rec-league baseball. #365Movies 370 #PFF33

APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS (2024) It's pretty nerve wracking to to watch this Brazilian documentary about an election where democracy is on the line and when the losing candidate refuses to concede his followers storm congress while he hides in Florida. #365Movies 369 #PFF33

DEAD TALENTS SOCIETY (2024) They say that you never truly die as long as the people who loved you still remember you. Alternatively, you can go viral as an urban legend by haunting people to make sure they still remember you. #365Movies 368 #PFF33

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (2024) I just love watching Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore share the screen. Almodóvar delivers a thoughtful film about euthanasia that really focuses on the personal toll for everyone involved. #365Movies 367 #PFF33

A TRAVELER'S NEEDS (2024) Another closely observed fim about human nature from Hong Sang-soo. I just love the contrast between Isabelle Huppert's wuwu teaching style and her traditional Korean clients. #365Movies 366 #PFF33

TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER (2024) Two artists who genuinely love each other (Maggie Barret and Joel Meyerowitz) navigate resentments from their different levels of success while facing the end stages of their lives. A truly intimate view of a marriage. #365Movies 365 #PFF33

THE RULE OF JENNY PEN (2024) Geoffrey Rush's nursing home is terrorized by John Lithgow's eyeless hand puppet. There is nothing else to say. #365Movies 364 #PFF33

ZURAWSKI V TEXAS (2024) It's simply rage inducing that so-called "pro-life" policies resulted in a nightmare scenario where women who want to be mothers are dying or rendered infertile b/c they aren't able to recieve proper medical care. The women featured in this are heroes. #365Movies 363 #PFF33

ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND (2024) Documentary about the great South African photographer whose work influenced the way the world saw apartheid, only for him to die in obscurity. Really informative but the LaKeith Stanfield narration was a bit too laid back. #365Movies 362 #PFF33

THE QUIET ONES (2024) Fans of Michael Mann will enjoy this film about the largest robbery in Denmark. I feel like I was getting an excessive amount of information about location. It seems like every sceen takes place in a different town in Denmark or Sweden. #365Movies 361 #PFF33

THE KNIFE (2024) A stranger breaking into Nnamdi Asomugha's home is just the beginning of his nightmare, in his directoral debut. A tense drama that unfolds in almost real time. Anyway, never talk to the cops without a lawyer. #365Movies 360 #PFF33