This is yet another coming-of-age high school movie. However, it felt fresh. It may be lead character’s Hailee Steinfeld’s charisma, the fact that it was …
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Middleburg Film Festival 2016 – Day 2:Moonlight
Moonlight is coming of age story of young black boy. The film is split into three parts- in one he is a kid, and then a …
Middleburg Film Festival 2016 – Day 2:Julieta
This Pedro Almodovar film follows a woman, Julieta (Emma Suarez in present day and Adriana Ugarte in flashback), as she reflects on her broken relationship …
Middleburg Film Festival 2016 – Day 2: I, Daniel Blake
This a tragedy about one man’s struggle against bureaucracy and technology. Because of a heart attack, Daniel Blake (Dave Johns), can’t work. His disability is …
Middleburg Film Festival 2016 – Day 1:Certain Women
I think this was best summed up by a conversation I overhead on the way out – “I kept waiting for something to happen”. This …