Starting this week is the Hamptons International FIlm Festival starts and if you are on the east end of Long Island you should go.
Started some 30 plus years ago by Steven Speilberg and some other filmmakers the festival was set up so the filmmakers and the rich and powerful didn't have to run the length of Long Island to get into the city to see great films. Over the years it's grown and now is a launching pad for many films.
While I live on Long Island I've only been to the festival once. The problem is that it is about an hour and a half or more away from me depending upon traffic. It's a long ride even for my friends who live closer and they end up doing Air B&B or a hotel rather than drive back and forth (don't ask about public transport). Additionally the film overlaps the New York Film Festival and that festival is in my blood so it gets priority
It kills me every year because they always show such great films. Don't believe me then check their website.
This year we'll be having some coverage of a bunch of films. Reviews will be coming as we see them and get reviews up.
If you need a starting point here is a list of the films we've covered before with links to the reviews:
BLITZ - seeing this at NYFF
MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
ROOM NEXT DOOR- seeing this Friday at NYFF
WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS
DAHOMEY I saw this at NYFF and a review is coming
EMILIA PEREZ I am seeing this at NYFF
LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY
MY NAME IS EDGAR AND I HAVE A COW
For tickets and more information go here
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