Film Festivals
Annual Film Festivals Winter Scandinavian Film Festival Jan 6-21. Writers Guild Theater. "Top films from the top of Europe," back for its 19th year. LA Dance Film Festival Jan 25. Los Feliz 3 Theatre. Features filmmakers from around the world ...
COLCOA - Film Festival Apr 18-25
COLCOA 2016 FILM NOTES See Web site for Schedule http://www.colcoa.org/ FILM NOTES - in chronological order MONDAY, APRIL 18 MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT / Chocolat North American Premiere • Drama • France, 2016 DCP • 2.35 • Dolby 5.1 • Color • 110 min Directed ...
Film & TV
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P.R.: Festival: Film Noir - Apr 15-24
Noir City Hollywood: The 18th Annual Los Angeles Festival of Film Noir 10 Days! 21 Films! All 35mm Prints! 2 Restorations! 11 Films Not on DVD! 5 New Prints! 6 Archival Prints! April 15 - 24, 2016 Egyptian Theatre 6712 Hollywood Boulevard. LA 90028 ...
Indie Films Dec 26-29
... day after Christmas. The Look of Silence. Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. Produced by Signe Byrge Serensen. From Drafthouse Films. Color, 2015,Denmark/Indonesia/Finland, 103 minutes, rated PG-13. Through Oppenheimers footage of perpetrators of the ...
Saudi Film Festival
... its culture is complex and diverse. The country is evolving and growing at its own rate. The labor ministry has approved film production as an economic activity. This is expressed and represented in the Saudi Arabia Society of Culture and Arts. The ...
Arrival - Film Review
... their language. Arrival is based on Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life but I wouldn't read his short story until you see the film. When the movie begins, it is already established that aliens have landed on 12 different locations on planet earth. Their ...
Noturnal Animals - Film Review
... written and directed by Tom Ford and based on the 1993 novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. Ford has made only one other film, (also an adaptation) 2009's A Single Man. He comes from the world of fashion so it's no wonder that both films are ...
La La Land - Film Review
When I saw "Whiplash" I knew I was seeing the birth of a brilliant director and now with Damien Chazelle's latest film, "La La Land" he more than proves I was right. This flm is not only a beautiful homage to the musicals of long ago, but it's a ...
Inside Job - Film Review
... from Matt Nagin, will do much for America's image in the world (it just won First Place in competition at the Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes ), but it is a dynamic showcase for this up-and-coming actor, director and writer. The film is basically ...
The Conway Curve - Film Review
... Conway Curve, an ambitious new indie from a Texas-based team, provides both the pleasures and the pitfalls of an independent film. Led by director, producer, and co-writer Marian Yeager, the film goes the way a lot of independent movies go. In the ...
The Queen of Spain - Film Review
... magic accessible to a wide audience, which was the style behind Spanish auteur Fernando Trueba's "The Queen of Spain." The film is a belated sequel to Trueba's 1998 "The Girl of Your Dreams," a comedy-drama which followed a group of filmmakers during ...
Dynamic Dames Film Series
Harrison Held, Juliet Hyde White, Christian Meoli, Sloan DeForrest Photo: Michele Marotta The Dynamic Dames Film Series got off to a dynamic start Saturday night at Hollywood's new Arena Cinelounge. The opening night audience was warmly welcomed by ...
Desert Dancer - Film Review
... star in Relativity Media's DESERT DANCER...COPYRIGHT DESERT DANCER PRODUCTIONS LTD 201 4 You can't help but appreciate the film " Desert Dancer's " attempts to bring the Western audience into the unsexy subject of life in post revolution Iran. The ...
One Cut, One Life - Film Review
By Rachel Flanagan. Ed Pincus was well-known as a pioneer to first person documentary films. One Cut, One Life is one last film Ed made with Lucia Small, who had previously collaborated on an earlier film, "The Axe in the Attic" (2007). The film is a ...
Indie Films Oct 9-15
... 2015. Fri. at 6:15; Sat. & Sun. at 2:30 & 6:00; Mon. & We. At 6:05; Tues. & Thurs. at 7:50. "Nice to see."---Filmovie.com I Spit on Your Grave 3. Directed by Richard Schenkman.. Produced by Lisa M. Hansen and Paul Hertzberg. From ...
Indie Films Nov 6 - Nov 17
nascreen.com I REMEMBER YOU: EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT STARTS NOVEMBER 13 AT ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD I Remember You. Written and directed by Claudia Sparrow. Produced by Leandro Marini, Maria Valentina Bove, James Cotten and Bradley Smith. From Indie ...
Entertainment - Film Review
... delivered the 2012 Sundance competition entry The Comedy to audiences who found it anything but a comedy. Instead, the film was a tragic case study of a thirty-something slacker leading a privileged life indifferent on the news that he will be ...
Indie Films Dec 11-17
... artist living in at-risk conditions whose world changes (and maybe not all for the better) when he's discovered by two filmmakers. Shot over eight years, ALMOST THERE documents Anton's first major exhibition and how the controversy it generates ...
NFMLA Film Fest December 12th
... Huls' undeterred passion for the choral arts and music literacy fuels his desire to exceed all standards and expectations. Film Feature Program #2 9:00pm - Pre-Reception, 9:45pm - Screening Jarthur the Alien Director: Tyler Holtman Jarthur the alien ...
Indie Films Dec 18-24
... The road to wellness is challenging. December 18-24, 2015. AFI Fest- Official Selection "The experience is unmatchable."---Film Stage. Solitary. Directed by Sasha Krane. Written by Katharine Lee McEwan. Produced by McEwan and Sarina Taylor. From ...
Indie Films Jan 15-21
... been a simulation after all. January 15-21, 2016. Anesthesia. Directed, written and produced by Tim Blake Nelson. From IFC Films. Color, 2016, USA, 90 minutes, rated R. Thriller. Starring Kristin Stewart, Corey Stoll, Glenn Close, Gretchen Mol, Sam ...
Indie Films Jan 22-29
... by Eytan Rockaway. Written by Rockaway and Ido Fluk. Produced by Rockaway, Carlos Velasquez and Mike Landry. From IFC Films. Color, 2016, USA, 86 minutes, not rated. Horror/Thriller. Starring Jason Patric, Louisa Krause, Mark Margolis, Henry Kelemen, ...
Indie Films Jan 29- Feb 4
... parking is available with validation at lots adjacent to the venue and across the street. Arena Cinema is Hollywood's new home for independent films, powered by Voltaire Media. Ranked among Top 5 Indie Movie Theatres in Los Angeles by CBS2.
NFLM Shorts Film Fest January 16
... in the 1950's. Olga Director: Arjun Kamath A mini documentary about Los Angeles based performing artist Olga Sokolova. This film explores the life of Olga, a spirited performance artist who travelled the world to follow her dreams. Autonomous ...
Band Of Robbers - Film Review
Film Review by Erin Fair. In Band Of Robbers Mark Twain's iconic characters are re-envisioned in this low-budget high jinks comedy that follows a grown-up Tom Sawyer (Adam Nee), a street cop whose childhood friend, Huck Finn (Kyle Gallner) has just ...
Intruders - Film Review
Film Review by Rachel Flanagan. What at first appears to be a dramatic relationship that ends in loss and turns into a standard home invasion thriller is twisted into something slightly more sinister but even that is a little transformed in Intruders ...
Indie Films Feb 5-11
... parking is available with validation at lots adjacent to the venue and across the street. Arena Cinema is Hollywood's new home for independent films, powered by Voltaire Media. Ranked among Top 5 Indie Movie Theatres in Los Angeles by CBS2.