The Other Side of Hope follows Khaled (Sherwan Haji) a Syrian refugee who seeks asylum in Finland, is denied, and then tries to live their under …
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Middleburg Film Festival Day 2: Wonderstruck
In the 70s, 12-year old Ben(Oakes Fegley) is mourning his mother’s death. In a freak accident he is struck by lightning and rendered deaf. He …
Middleburg Film Festival Day 2: the Square
I saw Ruben Ostlund’s last film Force Majeur at a a previous Middleburg Film Festival and really enjoyed it. At the start of the Square Christian (Claes …
Middleburg Film Festival Day 1: Breathe
Breathe is a biopic of Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield) a 20th century polio suffer. When he first contracts it he is paralyzed and doesn’t want …
Middleburg Film Festival – Day 4:La La Land
This is a musical (yes a musical) about an aspiring actress (Emma Stone), an aspiring jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling), and their relationship. The soundtrack is …