It’s true what they say, Summer is most definitely for spectacle. So as well as looking at a few of my favourite films this month (namely Four Lions, Bad Lieutenant and Streetdance 3D) we’ll take a moment to discuss some of the big screen blockbuster that have got an early lead on the Summer.
Four Lions is [...]
With summer just around the corner and Blockbuster season on the way, a few little gems still found their way onto the big screen this month, the best of them being Kick Ass, Cemetery Junction, Whip It!, The Ghost, Remember Me and Dear John.
Kick Ass tells the tale of adolescent Dave, who after being picked [...]
As a new year beckons it’s always a delight to look back on the great films from the past 12 months and celebrate the finest pieces of cinema in anticipation of a great 2010.
One of the contenders for best film of 2009 has to be The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a lovingly told story with [...]
Having just seen The Time Travellers Wife at the cinema, it put me in mind of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, not least so because of the Brad Pitt connection ( Pitt produces The Time Travellers Wife and stars in Benjamin Button) but also because of the tragic, fanciful love story that lies at [...]
I’m not generally interested in war films. The themes, stories, and harrowing imagery often leave me feeling unsettled and disturbed, they are simply a bit too real and challenging for me to mentally digest. That isn’t to say I haven’t tried to watch a few, and indeed appreciate how artful and superbly made some of [...]
Ana’s Playground, a short film about children living in armed conflict has been accepted to screen at the Santa Monica International Film Festival. An official selection of the film festival, Ana’s Playground will screen as part “Short Program 3” on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 4 pm at the Ocean Avenue screening room. [...]
Wealth and values through three generations of one family
(Bellevue, WA – October 23) – Great wealth has its side effects – good and bad – for generations to come. A filmmaker’s documentary about her East Coast, “old money” family will screen at the 2009 Ojai Film Festival in sparkling color and candor. Beyond [...]
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Special Midnight screening the night after 9909 picks up two awards at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival Awards.
Friday October 23rd, Midnight
Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street
(www.cinemavillage.com)
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SEPTEMBER 9, 2009?”
A mystery surrounds a small town that was wiped out on September 9, 2009. Set sixty years in [...]
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) co-founded by Edward James Olmos celebrates its 13th edition.
Penelope Cruz, Calle 13 and Diego Luna will be among the stars featured in the stellar line-up of films to be presented at the 13th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) opening this Sunday, October 11th at the [...]
The biggest, little FILM festival you’ve never heard about:
10th ANNUAL OJAI-VENTURA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November. 5 – 8, 2009
Established in 1999 as the Ojai Film Festival, the Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the art of the motion picture through the presentation of an annual multi-day festival in which [...]