Tag: Utkarsh Ambudkar

Film Feature: Preview #3 of the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival

We’ve already shared two previews for you (here and here), but at last the day is almost upon us: the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival opens tomorrow, Thursday, October 3rd, and runs until Sunday, October 13, 2024. Screenings take place in Marin County theaters and at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). For a complete listing of all films and special programming, check out the full Festival program.

Below is our third and final preview of the Festival, highlighting two documentaries and one feature. See you at the Fest! 

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Film Review: Brittany Runs a Marathon

Bell is a winner in charmer of a tale about perseverance and acceptance

Brittany (Jillian Bell) begins to think she needs to make some life changes.

The saying goes that a journey begins with a single step, and there’s no one that’s truer for than Brittany, the heroine of the new dramedy Brittany Runs a Marathon. Jillian Bell, who plays Brittany, gives us a refreshingly complicated character who we alternately root for and are dismayed by, though we always empathize with her. With his first feature film, writer/director Paul Downs Colaizzo has made a well-crafted tale about conquering your fears, achieving your goals, and never giving up on your dreams that somehow doesn’t feel corny or contrived, but only honest, smart, and funny.

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