Cinecon 2008 Recap by Allan Ellenberger
Alternative Film Guide Sep 05 08Author Allan Ellenberger, who’s currently working on a biography of Miriam Hopkins, discusses several of the films screened at Cinecon 2008, the 44th edition of the Labor Day weekend festival of rare (mostly) American films: "Cinecon 44 is now history. From August 28 through September 1, film fans gathered at the Egyptian Theater in downtown Hollywood [...] Full story...
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MAN BITES DOG d: Benoît Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel
Alternative Film Guide 11 hours agoC’est arrivé près de chez vous / Man Bites Dog aka It Happened in Your Neighborhood (1992)
Direction: Benoît Poelvoorde, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel.
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET at the Academy
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A newly restored 35mm print of Miracle on 34th Street, the whimsical 1947 classic about Santa Claus posing as Santa Claus, will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday, December 11, at 7:30 p.
TAPESTRIES OF HOPE: Q&A with Michealene Cristini Risley
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American filmmaker Michealene Cristini Risley (right) met Zimbabwean social activist Betty Makoni at an International Development Exchange event in San Francisco.
Berta Singerman Recites “Camino de la Patria”
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Argentinean stage legend Berta Singerman — actually born in Russia — made only three films, one of which in Hollywood: Nada más que una mujer / Nothing More Than a Woman, the 1934 Spanish-language version of the Fox production Pursued (itself a remake of The Painted Woman).
A STORY OF HEALING, THE LONG WAY HOME: Oscar’s Docs
Alternative Film Guide less than a day agoThe two 1997 Oscar-winning documentaries, Donna Dewey’s A Story of Healing (right) and Mark Jonathan Harris‘ The Long Way Home, will be screened as the final installment of “Oscar’s Docs, Part Four: Academy Award-Winning Documentaries 1988–1997” on Monday, November 24, at 7:30 p.
Sundance, Prop. 8, and Boycotts
Alternative Film Guide less than a day ago
Via The Advocate:
"Film Independent released a statement on Friday in response to Los Angeles Film Festival director Richard Raddon’s donation to the campaign for Proposition 8, which succeeded in banning gay marriage in California.
UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US: Q&A with Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell
Alternative Film Guide 2 days ago
Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell’s Until the Light Takes Us was one of the most unusual entries at the 2008 AFI FEST held in Los Angeles in early November.
Oscar 2009: 15 Documentary Semi-Finalists
Alternative Film Guide 2 days agoThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will move forward in the voting process for the 81st Academy Awards.
RASHOMON: Monday Nights with Oscar
Alternative Film Guide 3 days ago
Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic Rashomon, which officially introduced Japanese cinema to the world at large, will be the next film presented as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Monday Nights with Oscar.
QUANTUM SOLACE Soars to the Top of the Box Office
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Quantum of Solace crushed its competition at the North American box office this weekend with a whopping $70.
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