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Bentonville Film Festival Review: Youth v Gov

Year: 2020 Runtime:  110 minutes Director: Christi Cooper Writer: Christi Cooper, Steven Hoggard (story consultant), Lyman Smith (additional writing by) Climate change continues to become one of the most impactful and daunting issues facing us and the longer we continue to ignore, the harder things will get. We’re past the point of summers and winters being a little harsher, and we’re now seeing much more … Continue reading Bentonville Film Festival Review: Youth v Gov

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Bentonville Film Festival Review: Catch the Fair One

Year: 2021 Duration: 85 minutes Directed by: Josef Kubota Wladyka Written by: Kali Reis, Josef Kubota Wladyka Starring: Kali Reis, Kevin Dunn, Daniel Henshall, Kimberly Guerrero Revenge thrillers have become a growing sub-genre that have re-launched the careers of some and created new major franchises. Most tend to feature a general plot centered around the idea of revenge or reclaiming something that’s been taken surrounded … Continue reading Bentonville Film Festival Review: Catch the Fair One

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Bentonville Film Festival Film Review: The Novice

Year: 2021 Duration: 94 minutes Directed by: Lauren Hadaway Written by: Lauren Hadaway Starring: Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone, Jonathan Cherry As conversations around mental health in sports continue to grow, writer/director Lauren Hadaway creates a compelling take on unhealthy obsession with her feature directorial debut, “The Novice” (2021). We’ve seen plenty of struggling, obsessive artist stories in the past, like “Black Swan” (2010) and … Continue reading Bentonville Film Festival Film Review: The Novice

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Bentonville Film Festival Review: Mogul Mowgli

Year: 2020 Duration: 90 minutes Directed by: Bassam Tariq Written by: Bassam Tariq and Riz Ahmed Starring: Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Sudha Bhuchar, Nabhaan Rizwan By Tom Moore Last year, actor Riz Ahmed rightfully garnered awards praise and recognition for his career-best performance in “Sound of Metal”(2019). Now, he delivers a fittingly familiar follow-up in “Mogul Mowgli” that showcases his talents in front of and … Continue reading Bentonville Film Festival Review: Mogul Mowgli

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