China Warns Taiwan Over Uighur Film

Taiwan has managed to tweak China's symbolic nose over the screening of an Uyghur film and has received a warning that it might stir up trouble for relations between the two countries.  While most of the world...

Chavez Walks The Red Carpet In Venice For Documentary Premiere

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez walked the red carpet of Venice's 66th annual film festival on Monday for the world premier of Oliver Stone's documentary "South Of The Border." Chavez was invited to the premiere because the documentary centers on Venezuelan President's...

Vancouver Queer Film Festival Celebrates 21 Years

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival celebrates 21 years from August 13th through August 23rd.  The festival is Vancouver's second largest film festival and western Canada's largest queer arts event. ...

Chinese Hackers Attack Melbourne Film Festival

The Melbourne International Film Festival was forced to shut down after being crashed by a group of Chinese hackers, who had booked out all films with fake purchases. "The attack on the Melbourne International...

Heath Ledger's Final Act: Doctor Parnassus Presented at Cannes

Heath Ledger's final performance in the Terry Gilliam-directed The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is being screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival to good reviews.  Ledger's role in the...

The most beautiful stars in TriBeCa!

Led by Robert de Niro, the Festival du Film Independent TriBeCa was born in 2002 in order to revitalize the south of Manhattan after the terrible attacks of  September 11, 2001.For its eighth edition, this...

containR - a film festival in shipping containers

From February 18 to March 1, Vancouverites can explore a unique art installation and film festival at the northeast corner of Vancouver’s Library Square Presented by Springboard in partnership with the Vancouver...

Sundance Film Festival 2009

Michael Cera and Cold Souls Q & A

Antiwar Film Festival 6th Annual Vancouver International Dec 13,14 !!!

UPCOMING  DIRECT ACTIONS    6th Annual Vancouver International Antiwar Film Festival"WAR VS HUMAN RIGHTS"Saturday and Sunday at the Britania school on commercial.December 13 & 14go see the...

Toronto After Dark 2008

Cinema fans are thirsty for blood... and zombies and sci-fi and stunts. The third annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival is underway, and I was lucky enough to check out some of the opening-weekend action....

Paris Hilton punked in Toronto

Paris Hilton was present but not accounted for on Tuesday night at the world premiere of Adria Petty’s documentary “Paris, Not France” at the Ryerson. The film had been one of the very last schedule...

Toronto International Film Festival ...Bring Brangelina Bring Mo Money Scam

Remember the time when Indian Films ( Bollywood) were rediculed as films with "No Story" "Ding ding ding" "Song and Dance" etc etc., all kinds of names, I can go on forever, and it wasn't too long ago.All of a...

Slew of reviews on 'Japan Cuts' (New York), Could not make it to Opening Night!

Unfortunately I could not make it to the opening night of Japan Cuts, July 2nd at the Japan Society in New York so I set my fishing net wide and large in search of detailed pieces about what's on the program of this Film Festival. In Japan Cuts Above The Rest Peter...

June 20 is World Refugee Day: Some 33 Million People according to the UN

It is not all about me, myself and I.We might be complaining about high oil and food prices but things are not so bad when you compare that with the plight and triumphs of the world 33 million refugees and internally displaced persons whose existence we are reminded of on...

Jean-Luc Godard "To Come or not to Come" to Israel

An Opinion" A story can always begin with a citation “From the Press”"" Here is the first citation from the Jerusalem Post:Jean-Luc Godard coming to Israel May 25, 2008 ..”Fabled director and film theorist...

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