BREAKFAST WITH SCOT Opens Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Alternative Film Guide Jul 09 08Outfest 2008, the 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, kicks off this evening at downtown LA’s historic Orpheum Theatre with a screening of Laurie Lynd’s Breakfast with Scot, in which a straitlaced gay couple tries to handle an orphaned 11-year-old boy with a passion for feathered boas and rose hand cream. Adapted by [...] Full story...
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TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, NO END IN SIGHT: Contemporary Documentaries
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launches its 27th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" series with two widely praised Iraq War films: Alex Gibney’s Academy Award winner Taxi to the Dark Side and Charles Ferguson’s Academy Award-nominated No End in Sight.
Natalie Portman, Claudio Santamaria, Marco Bechis: Venice Film Festival 2008
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Natalie Portman, whose short film Eve was screened at the festival, and Marco Bechis, whose BirdWatchers is up for the Golden Lion
Ross McElwees (center), whose In Paraguay was screened in the Horizons sidebar
Marco Bechis (center), Claudio Santamaria (right) and BirdWatchers cast
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Wim Wenders, Valeria Golino, VEGAS: Venice Film Festival 2008
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Nancy La Scala one of the leads in Vegas: Based on a True Story
Mark Greenfield, Nancy La Scala, Amir Naderi, Zach Thomas, whose Vegas: Based on a True Story is vying for the Golden Lion
Golden Lion jury members Valeria Golino, Wim Wenders
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Venice Film Festival 2008 - Horizons Sidebar
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2008 Venice Film Festival - Horizons Sidebar
Ramin Bahrani Goodbye Solo — USA, 91′
Souleymane Sy Savane, Red West, Diana Franco Galindo
Julio Bressane, Rosa Dias A Erva do Rato — Brazil, 80′
Alessandra Negrini, Selton Mello
Lav Diaz Melancholia — Philippines, 450′
Roeder Camanag, Angeli Bayani, Perry Dizon
Jean-Pierre Duret, Andréa Santana Puisque nous sommes nés - France / Brazil, 90′
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THE WAY I SEE THINGS: Q&A with Brian Pera
Alternative Film Guide 3 days agoA few weeks ago, when I began watching a screener of director-screenwriter-etc-etc. Brian Pera’s The Way I See Things, I had no idea what to expect.
VINYAN Photos
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Fabrice Du Welz’s Vinyan, which was screened out of competition at the 2008 Venice Film Festival, stirred some controversy because the psychological thriller deals with the aftermath of the 2005 tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people.
Venice Film Festival 2008: Out of Competition Line-Up
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2008 Venice Film Festival - Out of Competition Screenings
Paolo Benvenuti Puccini e la fanciulla — Italy, 84′
Riccardo Moretti, Tania Squillarlo, Giovanna Daddi, Debora Mattiello, Federica Chezzi
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Burn After Reading — USA, 95′
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton
Claire Denis 35 Rhums — France / Spain, 100′
Alex Descas, Grégoire Colin, [.
Venice Film Festival 2008: Horizons Sidebar
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2008 Venice Film Festival - Horizons Sidebar
Paolo Benvenuti Puccini e la fanciulla — Italy, 84′
Riccardo Moretti, Tania Squillarlo, Giovanna Daddi, Debora Mattiello, Federica Chezzi
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Burn After Reading — USA, 95′
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton
Claire Denis 35 Rhums — France / Spain, 100′
Alex Descas, Grégoire Colin, Nicole Dogue, [.
GOODBYE SOLO, 35 SHOTS OF RUM, Virna Lisi: Venice Film Festival 2008
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Wendy Ide reviews Claire Denis‘ 35 Shots of Rum in The [London] Times:
"Four days into the Venice Film Festival, and the programme feels as though it has been temporarily hijacked by hubris and bombast.
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Veteran "trash" filmmaker-actor José Mojica Marins‘ Encarnação do Demônio / Embodiment of Evil (literally, "The Devil’s Incarnation"), one of the out-of-competition screenings at the 2008 Venice Film Festival, features the latest cinematic incarnation (bad pun intended) of Zé do Caixão ("Coffin Joe"), a demonic character that starred in a handful of Brazilian movies of [.
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