Tag: Science Fair

  • ‘Boys State’: Film Review

    ‘Boys State’: Film Review

    Every summer, more than 1,000 teens swarm the Texas capitol building to attend Boys State, the annual American Legion-sponsored leadership conference where these incipient politicians divide into rival parties, the Nationalists and the Federalists, and attempt to build a mock government from the ground up. In 2017, the program attracted attention for all the wrong…

  • This Week In Trailers: Black 47, Science Fair, Five Fingers For Marseilles, Minding the Gap, Our Man in Tehran, Anthropocene

    This Week In Trailers: Black 47, Science Fair, Five Fingers For Marseilles, Minding the Gap, Our Man in Tehran, Anthropocene

    Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…

  • ‘The Science Fair,’ ‘Nona’ Among Sun Valley Film Festival Winners

    ‘The Science Fair,’ ‘Nona’ Among Sun Valley Film Festival Winners

    The seventh annual Sun Valley Film Festival has announced its 2018 prizes, with the Audience Award going to documentary “Science Fair,” directed by Christina Costantini and Darren Foster.The Producer’s Vision Award went to “Outside In,” directed by Lynn Shelton; produced by Mel Eslyn and Lacey Leavitt; and executive produced by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass.…