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October 29 - November 31, 1998


1998 Virginia Film Festival Wrap-Up


Festival Reviews

Peter Brunette in film.com

Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times

Report from Ain't It Cool News
Another report from Ain't It Cool News

Dean Smith in IndieWire


Archived Festival Press Releases

Final Program Additions to the Film Festival schedule

1998 Virginia Film Festival Gala Opening Party & Screening: A Fiftieth Anniversary Tribute to the Actors Studio with Arthur Penn, Rip Torn, and Roger Ebert

Virginia Film Festival and Bayly Art Museum Co-Sponsor Beat Generation Reunion: Unforgettable Film, Photography and Performance Series

Roger Ebert selects Antonioni's Blowup for Festival workshop

Virginia Film Festival Features Array of Classics Highlighted by A Chaplin Evening with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

Hipster Actor/Musician John Lurie Arrives in Charlottesville for a Pre-Film Festival Cool Event

Independent Films Featured at 1998 Virginia Film Festival

1998 Virginia Film Festival Welcomes Eminent Authors and Critics Participating in Panels and Discussions

Virginia Film Society Announces 1998-99 Schedule

OffScreen Brings Alternative Films to Charlottesville

Film Festival cosponsors U.Va. film series "New America: Cinematic Images of the Immigrant Experience"



Click here to read Festival Director Richard Herskowitz's introductory essay to Cool, titled "Cassavettes' Dance."

John Cassavettes on the set of Shadows John Cassavettes on the set of Shadows


The Virginia Film Festival is a program of the Department of Drama at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.