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- PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
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Sebring followed her everywhere she went, from tours around her apartment to tours around the world: to concerts, political rallies, poetry readings, dead poets’ graves, her parents’ cow-themed house in the suburbs. Fair enough, except that in its relentless focus on the surface ..."
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- BAD HABIT (MALOS HABITOS)
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Bad Habits crafts together bite-sized episodes of obsessive behavior that, when taken together, make for a picture of contemporary women’s relationships to food that is as stomach-churning—literally—as it is tragic. ..."
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"... In its combination of pitch-perfect writing, inspired acting, lush cinematography and visionary directing, Darling at once revels in artistry and brims with humanity. In his infinite dignity as a neglected but loving, even doting, father, the character of Bernard evokes a sympathy irresistible to even the hardest of hearts. ..."
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AMERICAN TEEN
"... negotiating the harrowing social struggles of day-to-day suburban life while making the important decisions about what to do after graduation that will either solidify or sever their hometown ties. ..."
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STUCK
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In Stuck, an agonizing black comedy by writer/director Stuart Gordon, one character’s bad luck unexpectedly collides one night with another’s bad decision-making to produce the most unrelentingly gruesome story to hit the screen in a long time. .."
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YOUNG @ HEART
"... At first, it was hard to know what to make of the ninety two year old woman in a tuxedo shirt and jeans whose deadpan rendition of The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go” made up the opening scene of Stephen Walker’s courageous new documentary, Young at Heart. ..."
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NEWS
PHILAGELPHIA FILM AWARDS
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PFF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
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MUSINGS OF A PHILLY WRITER
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PHILADLEPHIA IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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