Category: Cleveland International Film Festival

Freda Kelly: the Liverpool girl who really knew the Beatles

Freda Kelly: the Liverpool girl who really knew the Beatles

Is there any girl who grew up in the 60s who didn’t adore the Beatles? Well, maybe (probably a buncha Stones fans!). But when it comes to the ladies of the Beatles, of course we know about Linda and Yoko; we know all about the…

Is there anything funnier than Halley Feiffer in Michael Urie’s He’s Way More Famous Than You?

Is there anything funnier than Halley Feiffer in Michael Urie’s He’s Way More Famous Than You?

If you know anything about being an actress, it’s that of course it’s all kinds glamorous. But also if you know anything about being an actress, it’s that it’s only glamorous when you’re actually getting paid. Like you know, have some actual semi-decent gigs going. And when…

“The desire to define and the desire to remain undefinable”: The Comedian is a humbling story about human emotion and accepting failure

“The desire to define and the desire to remain undefinable”: The Comedian is a humbling story about human emotion and accepting failure

Tom Shkolnik’s first feature film The Comedian grips onto the darker side of the UK that is alive and well today—not the “Big Ben, Buckingham Palace”-type jazz you see in the mainstream: telling the story about a 32 year-old guy Ed (Edward Hogg) working at a…

Yelling to the Sky: finding Sweetness through alienation and oppression

Yelling to the Sky: finding Sweetness through alienation and oppression

In Sweetness O’Hara (Zoë Kravitz) and her older sister Ola’s (Antonique Smith) racially divided New York neighborhood, it’s common to encounter street crime and  drug-related violence. As the two grow older living among the two worlds of their own chaotic family life and the stereotypical confines…

Orlando Bloom produces and stars in a dark, disturbingly funny psychological thriller “The Good Doctor”

Orlando Bloom produces and stars in a dark, disturbingly funny psychological thriller “The Good Doctor”

At the 36th annual Cleveland International Film Festival Lance Daly’s The Good Doctor (2011) was highlighted as one of the top must-sees. Dr. Martin Ploeck (Orlando Bloom) is a self-indulgent resident doctor who has convinced himself practicing medicine has all to do with society’s due respect and…

The Cleveland Film Festival is jam packed with a variety of goodness

The Cleveland Film Festival is jam packed with a variety of goodness

Just how are you supposed to choose among the 300 different viewings at the 36th Annual Ceveland International Film Festival? Well you can’t really go wrong it seems, after attending day number three (we think we might go broke since we will be making daily…