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Last week was the first week that I failed to watch a "new to me" movie this year. It was one of my resolutions this year. And I think it was the last one I broke. Mid-April's not too bad. But I promise to make up for it this week. You know why? This week is the inaugural Julien Dubuque International Film Festival.

After Kyle got held up by family obligations (totally forgiven because I adore his grandmother), Gretchen came to the rescue to be my house guest and film date for the weekend. We bought the 10-pass pack (we'll split it for 5 films a piece). We went to town today tearing apart the schedule to figure out what films we wanted to see, and then if we could find a way to do that without double booking ourselves.

We ended up with:
The shorts we'll see Friday night when Gretchen gets here at the Chocolaterie, Gelato, and Wine shop (perfect, no?) The other 4 are slotted all day on Saturday.  And yes we're seeing a film about travelling Route 66 and one about hitchhiking. Ironically enough, they're back to back on our schedule. I'm a little worried the end result of the day will a huge desire to roadtrip the southwest, but there are worse things to do.

If you're around the Dubuque area this weekend, you should think about going to a screening. They're just $8 a ticket, cheaper than the evening prices at some of the theatres around here. (Just saying.) All of the locations are within a 4-block radius downtown. Close to lots of great food. Want to know what they're showing? Check out the film festival website. Maybe on Sunday I'll write up my reviews!

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