A young boy who never heard of the Holocaust joins an old man on a park bench. They talk and history becomes alive for them both.
Tag: Anthem Film Festival
Virtual Anthem Film Review – Freedom to Be, Move, and Give Birth
(Originally published on Blogcritics.org) Anthem Film Festival, part of FreedomFest, had to, like most everything else in the world this year, go virtual. It took its selection of features and documentaries exploring issues around social and political liberty online, but that didn’t stop it from living up to its motto of “individuality, choice, and accountability”. […]
Virtual Anthem Film Review – Three Films From PLF. Who?
Birds, quotas, and two crazy bureaucrats. What could go wrong?
Virtual Anthem Film Review – ‘Speed of Life’ More than Just a David Bowie Song
Hollywood insiders often caution filmmakers not to mix genres. In Speed of Life writer/director Liz Manashil ignores that advice. She mixed rom-com, dramady, dystopian future and sci-fi to create an absolutely captivating and beautiful film. Speed of Life won the award for Best Narrative Feature. at Anthem Film Festival 2020.
Virtual Anthem Film Review – Shorts that Make You Think
(Originally published on Blogcritics.org) Short films add the seasoning to film festivals. In between the feature length films, bits of humor, intellectual stimulation, and emotional tugs make the experience special. This year’s Anthem Film Festival, the tenth annual, had its share of short film spice. Like most everything else in the world, Anthem, scheduled to […]
Anthem Film Review: ‘I Am, or How Jack Became Black’
An insightful exploration of race and politics in America today
Anthem Film Fest: Two Experiments with a European Twist
At this year’s Anthem Film Festival, two films with a continental twist played games with the minds of the audience: “May Fifteenth in Paris” and “Re-Evolution.”
Anthem FilmFest: Putting People Back Together
At the Anthem Film Festival, part of the libertarian FreedomFest conference July 8-11, 2015, at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, I was discussing films with a young woman who commented, “I like documentaries, but so many of them are so depressing. I want to see positive stories.” She was in the right place.