Following a legal battle that began almost a year ago at the Zurich Airport en route to the Zurich Film Festival, Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has been released from legal limbo that has kept him under house arrest in Switzerland, and will most likely be back in France by later this week.
Switzerland announced earlier today that it will not extradite Roman Polanski to the United States, where the film director faces charges of unlawful sex with a minor over three decad...
It may only be July, but already news is beginning to filter out about one of the major events of the Fall film season. The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced that THE SOCIAL NETWORK, the newest fiilm from Oscar-nominated director David Fincher has been selected as the Opening Night film for the 48th Annual New York Film Festival.
The Festival will open at the recently refurbished Alice Tully Hall on the evening of Friday September 24th. The announcement is the first in ...
By now it is abundantly clear that New Yorkers are more than a little in love with the French and French culture. And with Bastille Day coming on Wednesday, July 14, the amour fou is just getting "fouer". Those ready for a New York dose of haute cuisine and cinema francais can get their fill at this week's Cinemonde program.
Cinemonde is an initiative by Jerome Rudes of Mistral Artist Management to bring quality cinema to New Yorkers, who can feast on delicacies and dr...
by Marla Lewin
This Sunday is Independence Day a time for backyard BBQs, friends, and fireworks. Next Sunday, July 11, is time for the Bastille Day Los Angeles Festival. As an homage to the French holiday and to France’s major significance in the formation of classical ballet, the American Ballet of Los Angeles (ABLA) will make its official L.A. debut performing "flirtatious and fun dance vignettes" set to the musical styling of Brigitte Bardot at the Elysian Pa...
Tropicalia (2011), Paula Cosenza's highly anticipated new documentary film about politics and music in Brazil during the nation's Tropicalismo movement of the late 1960's.
Paula Cosenza is currently filming. Stay tuned for an interview in the coming weeks!
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Penso Un Sogno Cosi...
This dark drama with an ironic almost Caravaggio-esque twist at the end
calls to mind certain images-
Titus (1999) when the failed Roman would-be emperor served the
queen's sons to her on a plate- literally!;
Hannibal (2001), when Dr. Lecter eats the brain of his rival Ray
Liotta-ewe!; and, last but not least, an old
Brazilian movie about native Tupi anthropofagia, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971).
Why do such gory...
view film trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EATRYX4_3AA
Herrera protects Ruddy
During exclusive interview with Venezzia stars Ruddy Rodriguez and Alfonso Herrera, they discuss their difficult love scene.
Ruddy says that even though she is older than Alfonso, he protected her during their love scene and made her feel more comfortable. Hmmm, that mustive been hard! lol!
But all joking aside, Ruddy barely needed protection as she pr...
On Martin Scorsese
Thelma Schoonmaker on Martin Scorsese: interview
watch whole Getty Images interview on this link:
http://www.fest21.com/en/video/interview_with_3_times_oscar_winner_thelma_schoonmaker
Three time Academy Award winner for editing Thelma Schoonmaker in an up-close-and-personal interview about what it has been like to work alongside ...
If it feels like the frequency of buff blogs are being stepped up, the signs are that the festival is getting nearer. This year’s event marks the 5th annual gathering of filmmakers, the media and the general public to the British Urban Film Festival, now widely accepted as the first stop for urban films. As the late Michael Jackson quotes in one of his songs ‘it don’t matter if you’re black or white’, the festival acts as a tool to highlight, to showcase and to champion the growth of...
Guillermo Arriaga we salute you!
One on one interview with The Burning Plain director Guillermo Arriaga.
When beginning our one-on-one interview, I asked Guillermo if he could enlighten me on the situation between him and director Alejandro Inarritu. When I mentioned the latter's name, Arriaga replied: 'Who?'. Then I asked again and he replied with a wise smirk: 'You want me to talk about my divorce?'
That situation made clear, I avoided the sensitive subject and ...
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New Sales Rep/co-production company -Film Planet Entertainment- made its big debut this year at the Cannes Film Festival 2010 and continues its rise to popularity at the first ever Aruba International Film Festival and saturated the LA Film Festival as well as all the most important worldwide festivals this year and in the years to come.
Film Planet Entertainment seeks to cross boundaries in cinema and the world with its internat...
ISCHIA FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS GEORGE CLOONEY FOR
"THE AMERICAN"
Ischia Film Festival, the only international competition dedicated to film location, gives the Foreign Award 2010 to "The American", directed by Anton Corbijn and starring George Clooney. shot in Abruzzo and based on the novel " A very private Gentleman" by Martin Booth, tells the story of an artful assassin with a lengthy record. When an assignment goes wrong , in Sweden, and a lover ends ...
Hello! What do you think about this film:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KHyUwbBbrag
http://vimeo.com/10044977
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I REMEMBER VISITING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WAY BACK WHEN, AS A TREAT FROM MY PARENTS AFTER MY GRADUATION FROM CITY UNIVERISITY, LONDON, ENGLAND. IT WAS A RUDE SHOCK TO ME, AN AFRICAN, ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE US OF A, TO LEARN THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN I CAME IN CONTACT WITH WAS NOT MUCH UP TO SPEED ABOUT OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THE USA. I GUESS NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS GOING BY GEORGE BUSH JR'S GRASP OF GEOGRAPHY DURING HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. WHAT POI...
The 2010 Golden Wings Lifetime Achievement goes to… SENER SEN! On the opening Gala night, the first 100 LTFF Friends can also walk down the same red carpet and be in the same environment as the legendary Sener Sen. You will be welcomed by a champagne reception followed by the Golden Wings award ceremony and then the opening night gala screening.And if that’s not enough, then here are some of you’re other benefits as a LTFF Friend…• A Festival Pass, which entitles you to a free ticket t...
For more info about the film go here:
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Hello all!!
We are accepting films until September 30th 2010 for the 6th edition of MUFF in May 2011. After that the late deadline will be February 14th with a$15 USD (unless you are candian) payable through paypal at zoe@muff514.com, or acertified check made out to The Montreal Underground Film Festival.
Please make sure all links work so that we may view your film! If you want you can send us your film at info@muff514.com with the subject heading 'film submission' and the title o...
Glamrock City has been selected at
Houston Wordfest (winner Gold Remi Award) Cluj, The NY Independent Film & Video festival, The L.A. Independent Film & Video festival, Dakhla; Lagos EKO International Film Festival (opening film), Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul...
The film had its market premiere in Cannes
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The Schenectady Film Commission and Proctor's will be hosting the 5th Annual Electric City Film Fest & Expo at Proctor's GE Black Box Theater on September 26th from 4PM to 10PM.
This year's Film Fest & Expo will showcase independent films made in New York State and will host the Paul Golding Retrospective as well as demonstrate a working palaphotophone, a device invented in Schenectady at General Electric in the early 1920's that allowed the use of audio on film that ...
At the Orpheum theater in Downtown Los Angeles theopening night was a gay festival as theadjective was originally referred to as feelings of being "carefree", "happy", or "bright andshowy”In its 28th year it is thelongest running film festival in Los Angeles and has earned it place in Hollywood which is the Mecca of the film Industry.Jane Lynch was presented with the OutfestLifetime achievement award which she so rightly earned and left us laughing buther closing wor...
A
couple of years ago my parents, like a lot of elderly people, suddenly
took to cruises. And in order to share their new-found love, they
insisted that my wife and I join them on one.
My
wife and I, just so you know, are more accustomed to kayaking the
headwaters of the Amazon than standing in line at the floating buffet,
so when we got an opportunity to take part in one of the "activities",
we jumped.
We went snorkeling.
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At the Orpheum theater in Downtown Los Angeles the opening night was a gay festival as the adjective was originally referred to as feelings of being "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy”In its 28th year it is the longest running film festival in Los Angeles and has earned it place in Hollywood which is the Mecca of the film Industry.Jane Lynch was presented with the Outfest Lifetime achievement award which she so rightly earned and left us laughing but her closing words were “Find wha...
Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Side by Side Shown the Door in North Russian Capital Archangel. Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival has been stopped from holding a regional film festival in the North Russian Capital Archangel several days prior to its start. The festival was planned to take place from 7 – 11 July, 2010 at various independent establishments across the city: Hotel “Pur-Navolok”, Club “Koleso” and Café “USSR”.The city and regional administration were informed...
Berlinale World Cinema Fund: Latest Jury decisions and WCF-Spotlight in South AfricaAt the 12th session of the World Cinema Fund (WCF) jury on July 4, three new film projects were selected for production funding.Since its establishment in October 2004, the WCF has awarded production and distribution funding to a total of 73 projects chosen from 1275 submissions from Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Central and South East Asia, and the Caucasus. All of the WCF films completed so far have s...
In its 21st edition the festival organized by Human Rights Watch and the Film Society of Lincoln Center presented from June 10-24 thirty films from 25 countries with 28 New York Premieres. The Human Rights Watch organization is an international group with offices in 18 countries publishing well received investigative reports about human rights violations which are taken seriously by policy makers. It is no wonder that the film festival is also shaped by the expectation that it has an impact...
