The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced that for the second time, one of today’s most significant film directors, Terry George, a true friend of SFF, whom audiences in Sarajevo met at the 11th edition of our Festival. Also thrilling is the fact that, upon George’s invitation, Sarajevo will have the opportunity to welcome one of the most successful, bur also most controversial authors of documentary films of all time – Michael Moore. Terry George will attend the Sarajevo Film Festival as one of the lecturers at the 1st Sarajevo Talent Campus. His presence will be an opportunity for us to…
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As if we really needed another remake, here comes HAIRSPRAY, the latest release by New Line Cinema. But no rolling of the eyes here, director/chroeographer Adam Shankman dazzles with flawless revival of the John Waters cult classic that spawned the 2002 play. At the center of it all is newcomer Nikki Blonsky, who stars brilliantly as Tracy Turnblad, the wide-eyed optimistic teen from Baltimore in the racially segregated sixties. With her non-WASPy surname, pleasantly plump figure and a whole lot of soul, this is one girl with flavor. She and her pigtailed sidekick Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes) live for “The…
Have you ever been put to the Question? If you do not know what I mean by this, then watch Goya’s Ghosts. For those of you who have answered “yes”, then I shall treat your tortured body and soul to a nice dinner and complimentary massage at some overly priced day spa. In this relaxed environment, we can then discuss the evils of the Catholic Church during the Spanish Inquisition (1476–1834). I cannot imagine, the terrible torture that many “heretics” had to endure in the heat of the “holy purge”. I only know, that if it is half as bad…
If you think you’ve already been witness to the most dysfunctional wedding of your life, think again. THE WEDDING VIDEO, a new independent film by Runaway Productions, tops it all. Directed by Todd Wade and starring Christine Blackburn, Alan Wasserman, Jeff Kueppers, Chris Penzell (who also wrote the film), soap opera veteran Michael Swan (As The World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful) and ‘80’s TV superstar Erin Gray (Buck Rogers), this movie takes everything we love to hate about the All-American Wedding and kicks it up to the zaniest level imaginable. THE WEDDING VIDEO premiered at The Art Theater…
<i>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix </i>is the fifth installment in the series and by far the darkest to date. <i>The Order of the Phoenix</i> begins with Harry being teased by his bully cousin Dudley and shortly after both are attacked by a couple of dementors. As the film continues Harry and his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger are back at Hogwarts uncovering more secrets, getting into more trouble, and fighting two sorts of evil, the sadistic Professor Dolores Umbridge and the wicked Lord Voldemort. Like its predecessors most of the film takes place at Hogwarts but…
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute hosts an intensive one-day workshop for directors at Palm Spring ShortFest in August and during the festival, providing practical techniques to get superior performances from actors. When resources are tight, you can’t afford to get average work from your actors. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use intentions and objectives to make your scenes more powerful, and most importantly, answer the age-old question: how do I get results from an actor who just can’t seem to give me what I want? The workshop consists of two two-hour sessions in which…
So, walking into this movie, I was thinking how the bloody devil are they going to get an 800 + page book into a 2 hour and 18 minute movie? I dreaded that Hollywood would once again doom another great book. I kept asking myself, which parts would I cut if I were calling the shots. I had no idea, which is why I am not a director. I guess David Yates did a good job, even if he axed the first third of the J.K. Rowling’s masterpiece. I guess I am exaggerating a tad, though that is what if…
Hollywood is an old-fashioned town in some aspects. Once I saw an ad for a digital editing software enticing would-be users to edit like “Spielberg,” without realizing that Steven Spielberg never used a digital editor in his life. In “Catch Me If You Can,” most of the colorization is created by placing colored pieces of glass in front of the camera lens. However…There is, of course, “Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow,” where all scenes are virtual and poor Gwyneth Paltrow must constantly pretend that a blue cylinder in front of her is really Dr Totenkopf’s evil assassin. As…
I can’t believe we had to wait almost a year and a half to watch this movie in the United States. The original release date was the first of January, 2006 (Belarus). It finally came out on the first of June, 2007 in the states (and only in two theaters in Los Angeles). It is very evident that the US movie market is not willing to share the “silver screen” with foreign countries when it comes to Action/Fantasy/Horror/Thriller/Sci-Fi movies. It is almost as if the US market is censoring foreign culture. It makes me mad. I guess it might have…
<i>Paris, Je T’aime (Paris, I Love You)</i> is a memorable film, unique and fast paced. A collaboration of 20 world-renowned directors; the film consists of 18 short films all which embody the idea of love. There is an apparent visual and plot contrast within every short film, the genres range from whimsical, comical, tragic and dramatic. Although most of the cinematic vignettes are interesting and captivating there are also those that are somewhat ordinary and ineffective. The most successful pieces are those that remain untainted by the romanticized ideas of Paris; in other words sometimes less is more. There is…