by John Wildman | Feb 1, 2019 | Film Festival News
Heartland Film Inc., the nonprofit organizer of the 28th Annual Heartland International Film Festival (October 10-20, 2019) and Academy Award®-qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival (July 25-28, 2019) has officially signed on to the 5050×2020 parity...
by John Wildman | Feb 1, 2019 | Film Festival News
Film production and the potential for film jobs in Northwest Arkansas just got a significant boost as a trio of investors, including Jason Netter (Kickstart Entertainment), along with Zak and Tom Heald ((Intercut Productions) have joined forces to create Farm Studios...
by John Wildman | Jan 30, 2019 | Theatrical Reviews
“Based on an actual lie.” That’s what we are told at the beginning of Lulu Wang’s THE FAREWELL. Starring Awkwafina as a young Chinese American woman struggling to pay rent, and kick start her career, the usual young artist’s early steps, pulls the devastating news out...
by John Wildman | Jan 29, 2019 | Theatrical Reviews
As Sacha Polak’s DIRTY GOD begins, we meet Jade (Vicky Knight), who is being fitted for a clear Lucite mask to protect her still-healing face prior to leaving the hospital following surgeries to repair what could be repaired in the aftermath of an acid attack by her...
by John Wildman | Jan 22, 2019 | 10 Burning Questions
Skye Borgman’s ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT is a dream of impossibility for the true crime documentary enthusiast. Tracing the two abduction/kidnappings of a pre-teen Jan Broberg by Bob Berchtold with the arguable permission of her parents, the film begins with a reality...
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