CIFF 48

The Cleveland International Film Festival is upon us, and I got to experience a nice mix this year. Truthfully, I would have liked to have seen a lot more, but my schedule would sadly not allow it. Here’s what I did manage to fit in, though!

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Book Review: Piercing by Ryu Murakami

It must have been back when I was looking for tickets to see Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott on Broadway that made me think about the 2018 film Piercing. I didn’t watch it upon its release, but I did enjoy however many years later. In m Christopher Abbott prime, this was an odd and graphic film that floated between several different genres.

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Sundance Film Festival 2024

I’m sure I’ve said this since the pandemic started, but the one thing I’m grateful for is that it made and kept a virtual component to the Sundance Film Festival. This gives me the opportunity to enjoy something I love so much from the comfort of my own home and significantly cheaper, too! I was happy to have an interest in many more films this year. Let’s check them out!

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Book Review: A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay

Now that it’s a new year, I am trying to make a concerted effort to read the books that are in my possession. That is the case for this bargain bin purchase I made sometime in the last few years. A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay certainly redeemed itself in the last fifty pages or so, but the journey there was a bit of a drag.

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Fan Art Friday: Scream

If I would have prepared myself better, I probably would have drawn this again for Steel City Con last weekend given that so many cast members were there, but life and procrastination got in the way. Instead, you get to see this old one I gifted away back in the day. I was really proud of how it turned out, so who knows, maybe I’ll get the chance to draw it again someday.

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Book Review: Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney

I squeaked through one more book before I high-tailed it to my local library to get the sequel to Ellie Marney’s None Shall Sleep, Some Shall Break. I think this is also the quickest I read through anything this year. Usually, I take my sweet time, reading about fifty pages a day, but I just couldn’t get through this fast enough!

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