Dallas Video Fest

After kicking off with Expanded Cinema Sunday night, Dallas VideoFest 27enters full swing this week with screenings taking over Alamo Drafthouse through October 19. Thursday's films include 7 p.m. screenings of An Honest Liar – a documentary about world famous magician James “The Amazing” Randi – and Regarding Susan Sontag,...

By Lauren Smart

October 9, 2014

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After kicking off with Expanded Cinema Sunday night, Dallas VideoFest 27enters full swing this week with screenings taking over Alamo Drafthouse through October 19. Thursday's films include 7 p.m. screenings of An Honest Liar – a documentary about world famous magician James “The Amazing” Randi – and Regarding Susan Sontag, a literary documentary that investigates the titular writer's career. Later screenings that evening include the self-referential final film of a documentarian and a flick sponsored by the Press Club of Dallas about journalism and censorship. But the festival continues throughout the next two weeks with numerous screenings rangings from shorts, narratives and more. Tickets to individual screenings are $8. The full schedule is available at dallasvideofest.com.
Mondays-Fridays, 7 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays, noon. Starts: Oct. 9. Continues through Oct. 19, 2014

Lauren Smart

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