Serbia's "Father" is Amazing. And other Calgary Fest thoughts...

by Nathaniel R

"Father" wins Calgary International Film Festival

We're in an unbelievably overcrowded stretch of festivals -- AFI (a month early this year for some inexplicable reason), Middleburg, Chicago, and NewFest. And with all the movie madness, and our just concluded Montgomery Clift series, I realized with horror this weekend that I had neglected to share thoughts on the recently concluded Calgary International Film Festival.

I had the honor of being on the international narrative jury this year and after the jump, takes on the ten films we watched in ascending order of how much I dug them...

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Nathaniel on the Jury at CIFF

by Nathaniel R

All the Pretty Horses (Greece, 2020)

The Calgary International Film Festival begins today and will run through Sunday, October 4th I'm pleased to share the news that I'm on the International Narrative Feature jury this year (the fun kind of jury duty!) with Nancy Campbell and George Smalz. We're all attending virtually this year, of course, rather than in person...

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