This year’s lineup includes more than 140 features and 170 shorts, which will be shown in a single location over ten wild-and-crazy days. I’ll be there for the last four of those wild-and-crazy days, so, if you’re headed to the festival, keep an eye out for the bright yellow NightsAndWeekends.com bag. If you spot me, be sure to pull me out of my movie-going haze and say hello!
What I’m Looking Forward To:
I’ve planned my CIFF schedule about as carefully as one would plan a nuclear attack. Everything’s circled and starred and highlighted and color-coded — and I’ve already worn right through my first program guide (fortunately, I have two others). Some of this year’s must-sees include:
The Candidate, a Danish thriller about a lawyer who finds himself accused of a murder he didn’t commit
Dean Spanley, starring Peter O’Toole
One Day in Africa, a documentary by A Map for Saturday filmmaker Brook Silva-Braga
Sparrow, a Hong Kong caper film directed by Johnnie To
Surveillance, starring Julia Ormond and Bill Pullman as FBI agents who are investigating a murder in a small town
I’ll be checking in every day to post thoughts and highlights right here on the N&W.com blog — and I’ll be writing reviews, too. So be sure to check back next week (starting on Thursday) for the news from CIFF.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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