Tag Archives: Cinequest 2014

REVIEW – SlingShot – Cinequest Film Festival

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Artsalot

I’m going to do this review in the reverse order I normally do. SlingShot screens once more, Sunday, March 16th, 2:30pm at the San Jose Rep. You’re going to need to see this film. It scored entirely off the review tiara charts. … Continue reading →

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MINI REVIEWS – Shorts 6: Docunation – Cinequest Film Festival

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Artsalot

I look at the Cinequest short documentaries as an opportunity to travel the world and learn at least a few new things in 90 minutes or less. You don’t always get a whole story, sometimes you leave wanting more, doing … Continue reading →

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Cinequest Film Festival – Mini Review – The Purple Onion

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Artsalot

While most of the time I go see films I think and hope I’ll like, Cinequest is an opportunity to get outside your comfort zone and see things you might not. The Purple Onion was just one of those films. … Continue reading →

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MINI Cinequest Film Festival REVIEW – The Illiterate

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Artsalot

One of my favorite byproducts of seeing a film, and something Cinequest is particularly brilliant at, is the presentation of a situation or idea that you may not have ever explored with your mind before. I find I’m constantly traveling to … Continue reading →

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Mini Cinequest Film Festival REVIEWS 3- Kiss Me You F***Ing Moron and A Practical Guide to a Spectacular Suicide

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Artsalot

Oh, yesterday was a GREAT film day! These are the days you want to run off with a film production company or get your friends together and put on a festival. That is, until you realize that’s really hard and … Continue reading →

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MINI REVIEWS – CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Artsalot

I’m 8 days into Cinequest and the energy in downtown San Jose is electric! At all hours people can be seen on the streets talking film. They are meeting up early, staying up late, and literally closing down restaurants and bars with … Continue reading →

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REVIEW – The Grand Seduction – Cinequest (Guest Reviewer W. Fred Crow)

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Artsalot

By Guest Reviewer, W. Fred Crow Cinequest opened their 2014 season Tuesday, March 4, with a teaser and a pleaser, and in general, an agreeable comedy for the theatre. Directed by Don McKellar, ‘The Grand Seduction’ didn’t seduce us so … Continue reading →

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Review – Grand Piano – Cinequest

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Artsalot

Cinequest is on fire this year, people.  Last night’s Grand Piano viewing was a treat and a half, a stimulating and stirring cinematic experience that had me marveling at how much could be packed into each second of a 90 … Continue reading →

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MINI REVIEW – Hunting Elephants – CINEQUEST

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Artsalot

There are a significant number of people who feel strongly that a film that has (Sir) Patrick Stewart in it can do no wrong. While I willingly admit that I tend to lean that direction for often than not, I … Continue reading →

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Mini Review – Inercia – Cinequest Film Festival

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Artsalot

I suppose, if I dug down deep into the feelings surrounding my first real heartbreak at the ridiculously late age 28, I could find some things that I’m not proud of. In our lowest, most vulnerable, most wounded states, we … Continue reading →

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