Quentin Tarantino on the set of Django Unchained Photo by Andrew Cooper, SMPSP – © 2012 – The Weinstein Company I had the pleasure of seeing Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained again last night, this time at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ nicely appointed Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. My main mission (read…)
The Film Independent at LACMA presale for November happens today at 5pm for Film Independent, LACMA Film Club and New York Times Film Club members! This is a new film series curated by Elvis Mitchell (NPR’s The Treatment) that “offers classic and contemporary narrative and documentary films, artists and their influences, emerging auteurs, international showcases, (read…)
On Wednesday, September 22, movie fans in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, D.C., Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle can decide for themselves how much they want to pay to see an advance screening of the new documentary Freakonomics. From the film’s website a link will take you to the free screening survey. Answer a (read…)
A friend of mine, the multi-talented Hilliard Guess, will be showing his new short film Troublesome in Hollywood on February 17, 2010. Hilliard wrote, produced and directed the film which tells the story of a hip-hop superstar (Kareem Grimes) trapped on a subway car with his celebrity therapist (Dynasty‘s Gordon Thomson). As the oxygen level (read…)
You’ve seen the trailer and if you live in NY you’ll be able to see the whole film beginning October 1 at the Film Forum. To launch their new First Weekend series, indie film organization IFP (the fine folks who bring you FilmMaker Magazine) bought up all the tickets for the 8pm October 2nd show and they’re (read…)
Attention citizens of New York: Want to see the unreleased indie film I’ll Come Running starring Melonie Diaz on a rooftop in Brooklyn? What if I told you there would be live music plus free wine and beer? Now we’re talking, right? I liked the movie when I caught it at LAFF and now Rooftop Films (read…)
