Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema

A Violent Man

By Alan Ng | February 2019

Terms get thrown around a lot, especially the ones that make us sound smarter and more sophisticated. The truth is we don’t…

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Terms get thrown around a lot, especially the ones that make us sound smarter and more sophisticated. The truth is we don’t always have a firm grasp of...

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Sometimes you need a small indie movie about what seems like nothing to appreciate life and storytelling. Virginia Minnesota is exactly that. Directed by...

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Suicide is never an easy topic to broach, though it is seemingly one of the more often explored themes throughout cinema. While countless true stories of...

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It used to be the bartender was the guy to visit for a sympathetic ear and all for the price of a beer. In James Kicklighter’s short film Angel of...

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Tattoos are the things that will one day pay for laser removal technicians’ retirements and put their kids through college. After all, how long before...

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The mystery genre normally revolves around finding the solution to a puzzle by way of a sleuthy protagonist. As they follow a scattershot trail of vague...

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Early on in writer/director Tyler Pina's short film 88 Cents, protagonist Thomas (Matthew Weitz) encounters a homeless man begging for change on a San...

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Going through high school can be a tedious bore, some of the best years of your life, or for some less lucky; an absolute living hell. Whether ridiculed...

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Why do we watch movies, really? Is it to immerse ourselves in another world? To empathize with a set of circumstances so different to our own? To live...

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In its sophomore year, the 2018 Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema (KGFC) is coming out strong with a line-up of 110 films over 10-days, new lead sponsor in...