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How Do We Process Grief? An Interview with Director Katrine Philp of “An Elephant in the Room”

By: Amanda Guarragi  In our lives there are moments that we will remember forever and all of those key moments, shape us into the people we are today. Majority of us tend to stick to the happy memories, in order to outweigh any pain or trauma that we have encountered. Currently, we are all living through the COVID -19 pandemic and people are grieving all … Continue reading How Do We Process Grief? An Interview with Director Katrine Philp of “An Elephant in the Room”

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Emma (2020) Review

By: Amanda Guarragi  “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.” – Jane Austen  The first line in the novel is also presented at the beginning of the film adaptation of Emma, which … Continue reading Emma (2020) Review

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Cleveland International Film Festival, Reviews

CIFF Short Film: Alive Review

By: Amanda Guarragi Alive is written and directed by Jimmy Olsson, which was supposed to premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival. The short film is about a disabled woman named Viktoria (Eva Johansson), who yearns for intimacy. Her assistant Ida (Madeleine Martin) helps her by making her a Tinder profile, hoping it would raise her spirits. The concept of the film is something unique and … Continue reading CIFF Short Film: Alive Review

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SXSW 2020 Documentary Feature Competition: We Don’t Deserve Dogs

We Don’t Deserve Dogs is a heartwarming documentary about how much of an impact dogs make on humans. Director, Matthew Salleh travels around the globe and finds such intimate stories about dogs and their owners. Dogs are such incredible animals and we don’t realize how selfless they are. Unless you are a pet owner or genuinely love animals, you won’t understand the beautiful connection that is … Continue reading SXSW 2020 Documentary Feature Competition: We Don’t Deserve Dogs

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SXSW 2020 (Documentary Spotlight): We Are As Gods

PHOTOS COURTESY OF STEWART BRAND DOC BY: Amanda Guarragi  We Are As Gods is a documentary based on the legend Stewart Brand. Brand lived a very full life and began his journey at Stanford University, where he studied biology. During the late 1960s and early 70s, Brand developed the famous The Whole Earth Catalogue with the subheading, “access to tools”. The Catalogue is a publication that coincided with … Continue reading SXSW 2020 (Documentary Spotlight): We Are As Gods

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