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Film Forum Celebrates Harold Lloyd: Saint of Silent Slapstick
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- Published on Monday, 20 August 2012 14:41
- Written by Renzo Adler
Ah, the silent era. A time in cinema when a total disregard for personal safety meant that you were trying to pull off a really good gag, and not starve yourself so you’ll look good in tight clothes. August 27 to November 5, 2012 the Film Forum (209 W Houston Street, between 6th Avenue & Varick) will pay tribute to that era with a film festival featuring the bespectacled savant of slapstick, Harold Lloyd. A weekly festival, each Monday (and select Sundays) a different film starring the “third genius” of silet comedy (after Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton) will be screened along with live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner and shown on gorgeous 35mm.
Call Girl To Open 23d Stockholm International Film Fest
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- Published on Friday, 17 August 2012 13:13
- Written by Renzo Adler
Now in its 23d year, the Stockholm International Film Festival (November 7 – 18, 2012, location TBA) returns to Sweden with its rich selection of international films. The festival opens with director Mikael Marcimain’s political thriller Call Girl.
Director Marcimain stated “I am honored and happy that Call Girl will open The Stockholm International Film Festival. I have been an avid visitor since the festival started and I have also been part of the international jury. So it feels awesome and a bit nervous to compete with my first feature film. Vive le cinéma!”
Call Girl is the first feature film from Marcimain, who is a popular TV director in Sweden for shows such as Graven, Lasermannen and Upp till kamp.
Other films also being shows at the 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival include:
- Beasts of the Southern Wild (Dir. Benh Zeitlin)
- The Parade (Dir. Srdjan Dragojevic)
- Xingu (Dir. Cao Hamburger)
- Middle of Nowhere (Dir. Ava DuVernay)
SIFF features over 160 films from more than 40 countries and features works for all ages. Past films that have won at SIFF include Europa, Reservoir Dogs, Dogtooth, and Oslo, August 31st.
To learn more, go to http://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/en
The Stockholm International Film Festival
November 7 – 18, 2012
Location TBA
Stockholm, Sweden
City of Life: A New Arab Cinema Highlight
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- Published on Sunday, 12 August 2012 21:05
- Written by Laura Blum
When someone makes a first feature film, as Ali F. Mostafa has with City of Life, it’s a personal milestone. But when this debut also marks a country’s entry into big-budget long-form filmmaking, now that’s an historic event.
The United Arab Emirates came of filmmaking
age with City of Life’s arrival in 2009, roughly four decades after the UAE itself premiered in 1971. In a part of the world where oral lore traditionally prevailed over recorded culture, cinema’s dawning is all the more of a to do.
American viewers will have a chance to give kudos when the Film Society of Lincoln Center screens the film as part of its five-day series Orientation: A New Arab Cinema (August 24-29, 2012). The series celebrates another first: FSLC’s partnership with the Dubai International Film Festival to present recent works that have been supported by the Dubai Film Market.
New York International Latino Film Festival 2012
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- Published on Thursday, 09 August 2012 16:09
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The 13th edition of the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) assembles fresh cinematic talent from Latin America and the Latino community in the United States.
Running from August 13 – 19, 2012,NYILFF spans several theaters throughout New York with a vast selection of films, both domestic and internationally made, that look at the life of Latinos through the eyes of children, immigrants, Americans, families, loners. These are films that address adversity, and how it makes life beautiful and horrific at the same time.
The festival opens with a free screening celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Jennifer Lopez film, Selena. This is paralleled with the other opening night feature, Filly Brown, starring Gina Rodriguez (Go For It) about an aspiring hip-hop artist that is caught between trying to escape her life, and being true to those that helped her along the way.
Other films include:
- 186 Dollars to Freedom
- Delusions of Grandeur
- Love, Concord
- Mariachi Gringo
- Sunset Stories
- Tony Tango
- Under My Nails
One of the highlights of the NYILFF is the shorts completion, sponsored in part by HBO.
There are five shorts programs, each with a different theme:
- Something In The Way She Moves (romance)
- Catchers in the Rye (coming of age)
- Use Your Illusion (fantasy)
- Check Yourself (suspense)
- The Anatomy of Melancholy (tragedy)
NYILFF also includes four panels, all of which are free to the public, that address the role of hip-hop music and culture on film, the changing face of Latinas in the media, how to market independent films, and a discussion with filmmaker Carmen Pelaez.
“In 13 years, NYILFF has grown in prestige and stature around the country and internationally,” explained founder and Co-executive director Calixto Chinchilla. “We continually strive to provide a platform for emerging and established filmmakers to showcase their work to New York’s diverse audiences.”
NYLIFF is definitely one of the more socially minded film-series this Summer and worth a look.
To learn more, go http://www.nylatinofilm.com/
New York International Latino Film Festival
August 13 -19, 2012
Various Locations
