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My favorite documentary at AFI FEST turned out to be one I had initially passed on. The Unforeseenwas described in the catalogue as “the story of how big developers spoiled a city treasure, and about the consequences continued development has on us all,” which didn’t exactly sound like cinematic gold. But after talking with [...]

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This year’s animated shorts program at AFI FEST proved to be a mixed affair, but well worth a look. While there was the usual style-over-substance and slapstick-yelling-hitting-scatalogical humor entries, a handful of the thirteen pieces were works with a little more ambition. Here are my top five.

Tower Bawher
Bulgarian graphic designer and animator Theodore [...]

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AFI FEST 2007 is progressing smoothly. With its improved emphasis on world cinema, it’s offering a better roster of higher profile titles that have played at festivals around the globe, even if it still has a way to go to compete with the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the best festival for international films in [...]

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AFI FEST is about halfway through now (expect my midpoint summary tomorrow), but I ran into critic Robert Koehler last night and he offered to post his recommendations for films that are still screening. If you live in Los Angeles and you haven’t yet gotten a ticket or two,

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Years ago, my brother and I were hanging out in the apartment we shared in Phoenix and a feeling of nostalgia arose. Something about the atmosphere of that spring day with its gentle breeze lapping at our blinds reminded us of our childhood in Missouri. “I don’t know why, but it feels like summertime,” my [...]

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