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Full disclosure: I am a sucker for Parker Posey. There's something about her impish grin and the social ineptitude of her characters that makes me heart everything she's in. So I was psyched to see her in this Zoe Cassavetes film about Nora, an anxiety-riddled 30-ish hotel guest relations expert who has horrible luck with men, until a sexy Parisian comes along and rocks her world. Posey is equal parts funny and vulnerable, and it was great to see her in a role that showed off her acting chops. French actor Melvil Poupaud totally kills it as Julian. He inhabits the role well, oozing that French je ne sais quoi, and it doesn't hurt that the dude is hot. Like "we would've been fine with his scenes if he'd just read the phone book" hot.

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Films: The King of Kong

Future Screenings: No future screenings scheduled.

Films: In the Shadow of the Moon, Fair Play, Wicked Flowers

Films: The Cats of Mirikitani, Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild Wild Women, Sweet Mud

The Philadelphia Film Festival has announced its Festival Favorites, and you can find a list of them on the festival website. They're all screening tomorrow evening in only two timeslots, which seems like a terrible idea to us, as that means you'll only be able to see two of them, at most (unless you've got Hermione's magical time turner on you). This Phillyist, for instance, would like to see Dog Bite Dog, but it's at the same time as The King of Kong, a film we definitely don't want to miss, so we're screwed. But hey, that's the festival for you! Always well organized! But we kid the festival. Anyway, some of these can't really be considered "favorites," as they were already scheduled for these timeslots, either because they were added late and didn't fit anywhere else, or just... because. But anyway, there they are. We're pleased to see that one of our favorites, Severance, made it to the list. Editor Jill is probably happy to see The Kovak Box here, although this Phillyist is not (blech!). We're really, really disappointed that Dead Daughters made it, as that's probably the worst movie we saw at the festival this year.

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Films: Dead Daughters, Trigger Man, Severance, The Burglar, Ten Canoes

A Quirky Column about Dog Walking Adventures in the City of Dog-Owning Love

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Future Screenings: Saturday, April 14, 5PM, Ritz East

Films: The Bothersome Man, The Kovak Box

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Film: I Don't Want To Sleep Alone

For once, it's not the graphic that provides the error on Proofreading Philly—but a screen capture of plain ol' text is boring, so we're providing the graphic to liven things up. Also, it comes from the same listing in the Film Festival program where we found this error (emphasis Phillyist's) while trying to plan our viewing schedule for the day:

Future Screenings: No future screenings scheduled

Films: 638 Ways to Kill Castro, Suffering Man's Charity, VHS - Kahloucha

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Films: Monkey Warfare, Red Road, The Boss of It All, 12:08 East of Bucharest

Films: Paprika

Films: Day Night Day Night; The Boss of It All

Films: Exiled, Sisters

Films: Paprika, 12:08 East of Bucharest

: Monday, April 9, 5:15PM, The Bridge

Films: Hula Girls, The Guardian’s Son, Life Support

Movie: Invisible Waves

Films: Tazza: The High Rollers, Red Road, The Curse of William Penn

(with "The Saddest Boy in the World")