In its 34rd year, MVFF is a festival that feels comfortable in its own skin; the absence of hyperbole, over-the-top antics that we sometimes see at these press kick-offs was very much welcome.

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As much as I love wine, it alone cannot carry a movie. Where Sideways succeeds, Bottle Shock fails. The difference? The former is about two guys dealing with mid-life crises with wine as a backdrop. Bottle Shock is just about wine, and it turns out to be a boring...

His fourth directorial outing, Passione, kicked off the festival and screened before a sold-out audience at the majestic California Theatre.

Can art inspire change, and elevate the soul of a neighborhood?

Geddy Lee sounds like Steve Jobs. And he looks a bit like Lennon with a twist of mystical fu-manchu.

Can a man really change? Or is he destined to be who is he, despite the best of intentions? In Bank Robbery, Madis dreams of his sweetheart, and what a quiet, honest life might be like living on a farm with sheep. His young nephew Hannes decides to join him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm4rB94SjEM Jessica Rabbit once said, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Cullen Hoback adds a new wrinkle with his latest film at Cinequest, FrICTION (review). What if you were scripted to behave badly? In this clever, mind twisting fourthwall film (pseudo documentary?) the line between reality and fiction become...

You know you're in trouble when a relentless drug addiction and a discovered stash of dirty money are the least of your problems. Oh, yes, what to do with the body? In Kill the Habit that becomes the question of the day for three women (Lili Mirojnick, Katerina Moutsatsou, Maria-Elena...