THOUGHTS ON FILM
Starting in May 2022 (I lied, let's just do it now), I will start sharing my thoughts on different films here. Some films will be ones...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Oct 1, 2023
- 2 min
NYFF 2023: Day 1
Strange Way of Life What do you say when you don’t much care for the new work of someone who you admire more than all the others? This...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Mar 27, 2023
- 2 min
NYFF 2022: Day 1
Master Gardener. Greetings from the overlit balcony where laughter erupts from our section of the theatre often. It’s odd considering the...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Jul 25, 2022
- 1 min
New York Film Festival 2021 Final Night (and a little late):
“Letting a Moment Breathe and Alternate Programming” PARALLEL MOTHERS/ARREBATO. A few years back, my mother and my sister and I were at...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Jun 29, 2022
- 2 min
New York Film Festival 2021 Night 3 (for me... you get it):
“Did the audience know what to expect?” (NOPE!) VORTEX. When one goes to see a film by Gaspar Noé, you never know what you’re going to...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Jun 24, 2022
- 2 min
New York Film Festival 2021 Night 2 (for me):
« Did you see who was here? » (my phone refuses to use quotations or I’m just technologically inept) THE LOST DAUGHTER & RED ROCKET....
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Jun 23, 2022
- 2 min
New York Film Festival 2021 Night 1 (for me):
“If it’s controversial, I’m more interested” BENEDETTA: I love a good controversy. If something is controversial, I only want to see it...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Sundance Film Festival 2022, Night 7
Am I Ok? I think everyone has asked of themselves the question posed in the title of Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro’s simultaneously...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
Sundance Film Festival 2022, Night 6
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. The feature film debut of Adamma Ebo, based on her 2018 short, is an actor’s showcase. Regina Hall and...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Apr 19, 2022
- 2 min
Sundance Film Festival 2002, Day and Night 5
The Double Feature. When I came across this still from the exceptional L’événement (Happening), I had a gut reaction, which was also the...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Apr 18, 2022
- 2 min
Sundance Film Festival 2022, Night 4
It’s always fun to see one of your favorite actor’s deliver a career best performance. It’s even more fun when that actor is Elizabeth...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
Sundance Film Festival 2022, Night 3
Amy Poehler’s brilliant new documentary, Lucy and Desi (which will bow on Amazon Prime in March) looks at the legacy of two figures who...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Apr 13, 2022
- 2 min
Sundance Film Festival 2022 Night 2
Chloe Okuno’s debut feature film, Watcher, is best not to be described, but experienced. And by that I mean, prepare for one of the most...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
Sundance Film Festival 2022 Night 1
There is a scene within the first half of The Worst Person in the World where the lead of the film (the incredible Renate Reinsve)...
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Ellis Hoffmeister
- Apr 12, 2022
- 1 min
SUNDANCE 2022
There's nothing like a Sundance. It's cold, you're wet, you're about to fight a fellow film junky in the crowded Starbucks for a seat....
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