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NC Latin American Film Festival director, founder reflect on the power of filmmaking

(10/22/19 4:03am)

This year, the North Carolina Latin American Film Festival turns 34. The 2019 NCLAFF, which is organized by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke University Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, runs from Oct. 20 to Nov. 2. More than 30 feature films and shorts will be shown throughout the Triangle area, and all screenings are free and open to the public.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/10/nc-latin-american-film-festival-director-founder-reflect-on-the-power-of-filmmaking

What we learned from the fall film festival circuit

(10/17/19 8:48pm)

It’s that time of the year again: the red carpets are being rolled out and the celebrities are being suited up. That’s right — its film festival season.1 Here’s how it works: films have early screenings at various festivals, where they receive a preliminary verdict. The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Telluride Festival and Venice Film Festival are among the most prestigious festivals in the world, and the audience’s reception of the films that are screened can either provide a massive boost or catastrophic blow to their chances at glory. Films that fail to make an impact may not get a distributor, virtually ending any chance they have for the general public to see them. Here are the surprises, disappointments and controversies of the fall festival circuit.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/10/what-we-learned-from-the-fall-film-festival-circuit

‘Fleabag’ is inappropriate, agonizing and magnificent

(10/10/19 4:01am)

Several weeks ago, I made the glorious choice to show my friend the very first episode of “Fleabag,” the British comedy-drama written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the eponymous Fleabag. The show recently won six Emmys, including surprise win “Outstanding Comedy Series.” Sitting in the back of Marketplace, the two of us watched Fleabag get a little too comfortable with a video of Barack Obama giving a speech. As we were sans earbuds, other people may very well have heard it too — though, quite honestly, it’s far more likely they heard our gasps and cackles.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/10/fleabag-is-inappropriate-agonizing-and-magnificent