Tag: alexandria film festival
Deeyah Khan attempts to understand white supremacists in “White Right: Meeting...
By Luke Anderson | [email protected]
In her 2017 documentary, “White Right: Meeting the Enemy,” Muslim filmmaker Deeyah Khan works her way under the skin of...
“The Spy Being Home Plate” details the unbelievable life of a...
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
Moe Berg was a brilliant man, and Aviva Kempner is an amazing filmmaker. So it’s unsurprising that Kempner’s movie about...
“She’s in Portland” is a beautiful, bumpy ride
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The open road, a set of wheels and a dream. In the grand mythology of America, they’re the holy trinity,...
“This Changes Everything” is an important yet flawed story of sexism...
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
One of the highlighted movies in this year’s Alexandria Film Festival, “This Changes Everything” makes a compelling case that discrimination...
‘Raising Buchanan’ brings humor and heart to a Coen-esque crime caper
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
President James Buchanan, our country’s 14th commander-in-chief, is commonly ranked as one of the worst presidents in American history.
His decisions...
2019 Alexandria Film Festival brings 53 films to the screen
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Every year, thousands of film lovers flock to Venice, Manhattan and Park City to catch a glimpse of the latest...
Visit Alexandria announces waterfront festival, arrival of tall ship
As part of the city's ongoing King Street Corridor Initiative program, Visit Alexandria is launching a waterfront festival and other programming throughout the fall...
Film review: Documenting the streets of Charlottesville
By Jordan Wright
Last Sunday at the Beatley Library, the Board of the Alexandria Film Festival invited filmmaker Jackson Landers to appear at a screening of his...
Alexandria Film Festival announces schedule
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
The annual Alexandria Film Festival will bring more than 50 film screenings to Alexandria between Nov. 9 and 12.
All screenings...