Savages (MSPIFF 44)

    The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival is a yearly event featuring many great features from around the world.  Learn more about MSP Films and how to submit your feature for next year https://mspfilm.org/

Savages(MSPIFF 44)

Cast: Babette De Coster, Martin Verset,Laetittia Dosch

Writers: Catherine Paille, Claude Barras

Director: Claude Barras

 *** out of Five *'s

An entertaining stop motion animated feature about a young girl who learns about her true family as they help defend their land from deforestation.  Savages will help young children and even some adults learn not to judge anything by just it’s appearance and standing up for what you know is right.

Grand Tour (MSPIFF 44)

 

   The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival is a yearly event featuring many great features from around the world.  Learn more about MSP Films and how to submit your feature for next year https://mspfilm.org/

Grand Tour 

Cast: Crista Alfaite, Goncalo Waddington, Lang Khe Tran

Writers – Too Many to List

Director: Miguel Gomes

 * out of Five Stars.

Grand Tour is separated into two parts.  The first part follows Edward(Goncalo Waddington).  A man on the run,trying his best to avoid his fiancé from finding him.   The second half involves Molly stopping at nothing and finding amusement in searching for him. 

The Fun - Raiser (MSPIFF 44)

   The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival  is a yearly event featuring many great features from around the world.  Learn more about MSP Films and how to submit your feature for next year https://mspfilm.org/

The Fun - Raiser (MSPIFF 44)

Cast: Brian Sutherland, Shana Berg, Ella Pearl-Levy

Writer and Director – Wyatt McDill

 ***** out of Five

A joyous crowd pleasing comedy that pays homage to the great slapstick classics of the early 30’s mixed with great ensemble features of the late 70’s.  The Fun-Raiser may just be the sleeper hit comedy of 2025.

 

Our Tribute to Val Kilmer(1959 -2025)

 

Ashley returns to the podcast to pay tribute to a great actor and a heartthrob, Val Kilmer who recently left this world at the age of 65. Listen as both her and Vern go over their favorite films he was in.

Right in the Eye: Live Movie Concert of George Melies Films (MSPIFF 44)

   The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival  is a yearly event featuring many great features from around the world.  Learn more about MSP Films and how to submit your feature for next year https://mspfilm.org/

Right in the Eye: Live Movie Concert of Geroge Melies Films (MSPIFF 44)

Performers:

Jean Francois Alcolea - Creator, keyboard, string structure, and musical compositions,

Fabrice Favriou -  Drums and Guitar

Thomas Desmartis - Sound , Keyboard, Percussions

Mathieu Lucas - Sound Light and Video Manager

The films of George Melies are absoulte magic.  He was one of the pioneers of using elaborate editing techniques, make up and set desgins to create some of the most astounding specical effects which are still impressive to this day.  Right in The Eye is a collection of 12 of his short silent films composed by the great musicians and artists of Alcolea & Cie.

https://alcolea-cie.net/en/right-in-the-eye/

Tiny Lights (MSPIFF 44)

  The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival  is a yearly event featuring many great features from around the world.  Learn more about MSP Films and how to submit your feature for next year https://mspfilm.org/

Tiny Lights (MSPIFF 44)

Cast: Mia Banko, Elizaveta Maximova,Veronika Zilkova

Writer and Director: Beta Parkanova

* and a 1/2 out of Five Stars

A little girl spends the day with her grandparents after discovering her mother is leaving.  Not fully aware that her parents are separating.  During the beautiful day with Grandma and Grandpa, they go swimming and have a picnic.  Later on her dad reads her a story before bed.   She wakes up in the middle of the night, looks out a window and… that’s it.  The end.

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (MSPIFF 44)

 The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival  is a yearly event featuring many great features from around the world.  Learn more about MSP Films and how to submit your feature for next year https://mspfilm.org/

Marlee Matlin:  Not Alone Anymore (MSPIFF 44)

Cast: Marlee Matlin, Henry Winkler

Director: Shoshannah Stern

 ****  out of Five *'s

Marlee Matlin won an Oscar for her work in Children of a Lesser God in 1986.  At the time she was the only deaf person to receive an award for acting(until Troy Kostur won for his work in Coda in 2021)  After her Oscar win, Marlee became the poster person for a lot of deaf people around the world.  Being tasked with this responsiblity at such a young age has giving this woman success but also a lot of stress as well.