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AFI DOCS' 2013 Film Festival Schedule

The Huffington Post | Erin Ruberry | Posted 05.22.2013 | DC

WASHINGTON -- A documentary featuring celebrities reading some of the nearly 800,000 letters sent to first lady Jacqueline Kennedy after President Ken...

Nashville: More than Music

Lindsay Caldwell | Posted 05.16.2013 | Entertainment
Lindsay Caldwell

More film and TV needs to be produced in Nashville, but the buzz of music needs to expand to equally include film and TV so the industry is taken more seriously as an economic asset.

New Stanley Film Festival: Colorado Gets Creepy

Paul R. Byrne | Posted 04.30.2013 | Denver
Paul R. Byrne

On May 2nd, a new bastion will be established in the fight for fright: cloaked in white, brooding in the mountains, and full of everything that's not today's craven horror monstrosities: The Stanley Film Festival, your new Colorado home for independent horror cinema.

Panama International Film Festival Brings Best of World Cinema to Central America

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 04.15.2013 | Arts
Andrea R. Vaucher

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From My Hometown

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 04.12.2013 | Black Voices
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi

Me with Oakland International Film Festival Director David Roach Photo Credit Harp Home can mean many things and we all return home one way or anoth...

Israeli Cinema's Breakthrough -- Stories From Within

Isaac Zablocki | Posted 04.08.2013 | Arts
Isaac Zablocki

This week, The Israel Film Center Festival opens in New York City with over a dozen premiere Israeli films. Over the last decade, Israel has become a major international player in the world of film.

The Life Out Loud: Projecting Change

MeiMei Fox | Posted 03.29.2013 | Impact
MeiMei Fox

Unlike Sundance, SXSW, and other well-known festivals where the objective is for filmmakers to find distributors for and generate buzz about their movies, the goal of Projecting Change is to provide a platform for dialogue about today's most pressing social issues.

A World of Too Many Film - Gems at the Tribeca Film Festival

Isaac Zablocki | Posted 03.26.2013 | Arts
Isaac Zablocki

Over the years, Tribeca has had a hard time finding its voice in the film world. At times it seemed lost between overtly commercial selections and second-rate art-house films. Tribeca is still searching for its voice in the vast film festival market.

Abortion Legislation Preempts Parents' Call: Art, Politics Trade Places in Missouri

Tracy Weitz | Posted 05.25.2013 | Politics
Tracy Weitz

I am struck by how art and politics seem to have traded places in Missouri. The documentary After Tiller represents everything that is messy and complicated about the world, while politics here seem to exist in a fantasy world.

Colombian Film Festival Debuts in Tribeca

Carlos Macías | Posted 05.20.2013 | Latino Voices
Carlos Macías

Federico Fellini once said about cinema that "it's not just an art form; it's actually a new form of life with its own rhythms, cadences, perspectives and transparencies." If that is true, then a film festival is a magnificent celebration of life and its endless contours.

The New Role of the Film Producer: Curator

Carlton Evans | Posted 05.12.2013 | Entertainment
Carlton Evans

good producer LOVES film, and in the end the mark of a good producer is that ability to recognize the great project and then passionately share it with others.

Sex and Sexability

Isaac Zablocki | Posted 04.24.2013 | Arts
Isaac Zablocki

Television and cinema feed us images often setting an inhuman standard of beauty. Imperfections are airbrushed out and erased from the public's purview.

May in the Summer: Sundance 2013 Review

Roya Rastegar | Posted 01.31.2013 | Entertainment
Roya Rastegar

Written and directed by Cherien Dabis, May in the Summer is a disarmingly humorous, sharply observed and deeply affecting story about a Palestinian-American writer, May, who returns to her childhood home in Jordan in preparation for her summertime wedding.

Django and a Major Black Film Festival's Stride to Broaden Lenses

Ise Lyfe | Posted 03.30.2013 | Entertainment
Ise Lyfe

We're in America, so let's ask ourselves an honest question with regards to Django: What if a love story film set in slavery times about a Black man in search of his wife came out in the theaters today?

NYC-ARTS News: January 24 through 31, 2013

NYC-ARTS | Posted 03.28.2013 | Arts
NYC-ARTS

In theater news, the 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Water by the Spoonful, extends its run by two weeks. This play is the second in a trilogy by Quiara Alegría Hudes.

Sundance Shines Spotlight On Indie Film

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 03.18.2013 | Arts

PARK CITY, Utah — It's that time of year again when a tiny ski-resort town becomes the place to be for anyone in show business – stars and...

Nature, Spirit and Wellness

Joel and Michelle Levey | Posted 02.26.2013 | Green
Joel and Michelle Levey

The relevance of this film festival is highly compelling in the light of increasing and undeniable evidence that the integrity of the life support systems of planet Earth is threatened by rampant greed and aggression reflective of a fundamental ignorance of our place in relation to the web of life.

Live From the Dubai International Film Festival: Day 4

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.11.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

The idea of a film festival in Dubai had been discussed since the '90s, but the true impetus came after the terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. "The eyes of the world were looking at the Arab world," says Dubai International Film Festival Chairman Abdulhamid Juma.

The 'Best Little Festival' Is Back, Y'all!

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 12.11.2012 | Arts

After a two year break, the acclaimed Marfa Film Festival has finally announced its return to the film festival circuit. Set for June of 2013, the...

My Own Second Act

Mike Kravinsky | Posted 01.21.2013 | Fifty
Mike Kravinsky

I realized it was time to try something new to get that passion back into my work. Filmmaking was the answer. 

AFI Roundup: Audience and Jury Awards Announced, and Reviews of Tabu, Antiviral and Tchoupitoulas

Brian Formo | Posted 01.13.2013 | Los Angeles
Brian Formo

The 26th Annual AFI Film Festival ended in Hollywood on November 9. The winners from the jury and the audience are listed here, but first, I wanted to write a little about a film from each category that didn't win, but I felt should get a special mention.

Evoking Race at The Crown Heights Film Festival

Atim Oton | Posted 01.07.2013 | Black Voices
Atim Oton

A place I expect to find dialogues and discussions on race would be a film festival. So, when the Crown Heights Film Festival opens this Halloween into mid-November, I look for films that deal with race with a focus on black culture.

10 Must-See Films At DOC NYC

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 11.11.2012 | Arts

This week marks the start of Manhattan's third annual documentary festival, DOC NYC, at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village and Chelsea's SVA Theatre....

Does 'On The Road' Film Have Same Flaws As The Book?

Tony Bartolone | Posted 01.05.2013 | Entertainment
Tony Bartolone

On the Road starts off speeding, snapping the audience's heads back against their padded seats, and kidnapping them. Taking 'em to the 1940s, America. At some point each voyeur has to decide whether they are in or out.

PHOTOS: Wine Regions With Cultural Cred

JustLuxe | Posted 12.12.2012 | Travel
JustLuxe

It's not smart to plan a wine tasting tour where each day is packed with back-to-back tastings. It wears out the palate or leads to further bad decisions.