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SXSW Film Festival Review: Folk Singer Suzanne Vega Emotionally Embodies Novelist Carson McCuller in ‘Lover, Beloved’

Innovative folk singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega has long been determined to showcase the importance of women breaking traditional boundaries and championing their independence. So she decided to adapt her acclaimed one-woman stage show about the life of celebrated 20th-century American novelist Carson McCullers for the big screen with the new emotionally gripping film, Lover, Beloved. The…

The 2022 Oxford Film Festival Announces  Film Lineup for 19th Edition

The 2022 Oxford Film Festival announces  film lineup for 19th edition  (March 23-27, March 27-April 3) Hugo Sobelman’s SOUL KIDS is the Opening Night selection,  and Max Walker-Silverman’s A LOVE STORY  takes the Closing Night slot. Dale Dickey will be honored with the Breakthrough Acting Award World premieres include Tara Thorne’s COMPULSUS,  and Abby Berendt…

Sundance Film Festival Interview : An Exclusive Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Christine Choy on “The Exiles”

Synopsis : Documentarian Christine Choy tracks down three exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre in order to find closure on an abandoned film she began shooting in 1989. Directed By: Ben Klein and Violet Columbus Produced by Maria Chiu, Ben Klein, and Violet Columbus Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus Sales: Endeavor TRT:…

Film at Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association Announce 50th Dance on Camera Festival, February 11-14

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE LINEUP FOR  THE 50TH DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL, FEBRUARY 11-14 This year’s program will highlight the festival’s 50-year history while looking to the future of dance films and the festival’s next 50 years. New York, NY (January 10, 2022) – Dance Films Association and…

Film at Lincoln Center Announces Jonas Mekas Retrospective

       FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES  JONAS MEKAS RETROSPECTIVE, FEBRUARY 17-23 New York, NY (January 20, 2022) – Film at Lincoln Center announces Jonas Mekas, a retrospective of the Lithuanian filmmaker-director-critic-poet, co-presented with the Jewish Museum from February 17-23. Few if any figures in the history of New York City film culture have…

Film Review – ‘Drive My Car’ is a Compelling Look at Loss and the Power of Words and Memory

A person’s vehicle can hold a particular significance, even if it’s difficult to understand from the outside why that is. Those who commute to work on a bus or train may take solace in the short time they have to spend with their own thoughts on the way to a hectic and noise-filled day at…

Sundance Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup Will Include New Movies from Lena Dunham, Amy Poehler and Jesse Eisenberg

The Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent work that it has selected to play in the Feature Film, Indie Episodic and New Frontier categories for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The festival is set to take place in a hybrid format, including in-person in Park City, Salt Lake City and the Sundance…

Boston Japan Film Festival Line-Up

Screening Dates : Fri. Dec 3rd – Sun. Dec 5th, 2021 We will have a discussion with the directors  (Jun Hori, Anne Koizumi, Kira Dane) from 8pm (EST) on Saturday, December 4th Due to the pandemic this year, the Boston Japan Film Festival will be held online. You need to make a registration.   Registration   …

Adrienne : Film Review / A Loving Tribute to the Filmmaker Whose Life was Cut Short

A Halloween Party in 2006, ‘I went to bed that night as the luckiest guy alive. By the next night, I was living the worst nightmare imaginable”…that was the harrowing entry of Andy Ostroy’s life, which was shattered into a thousand pieces of smashing mirror that left on the floor, when he saw his wife…

Japan Society’s “Flash Forward” 20-Film Series : Sadao Yamanaka, Naomi Kawase, Miwa Nishikawa, Masayuki Suo and more!

ACA CINEMA PROJECT   FLASH FORWARD: DEBUT WORKS AND RECENT FILMS BY NOTABLE JAPANESE DIRECTORS December 3-23, 2021   Twenty-film program co-presented by Japan Society and the Agency for Cultural Affairs in association with Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO). Online film series celebrates six prominent Japanese filmmakers of today, pairing directorial debuts and recent films by Naomi…