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The new york international film and video festival
New York edition : fall 2010

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The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival About NYIIFVF The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival was founded in 1993 by entertainment guru Stuart Alson. NYIIFVF has been recognized by the film and entertainment industry as one of the leading film events on the independent festival circuit. The festival is now hosting film, music and art events in the four entertainment capitals of the United States: New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Miami.

Filmmakers from NYIIFVF

NYIIFVF attracts many global entries, including: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Tunisia and the U.K. The scope of the festival ranges from high profile to novice, so one experiences an array of films and individuals driven by independent movie making. Past festivals have included the work of Abel Ferrara, Andy Garcia, Calista Flockhart, Cameron Diaz, Christopher Walken, Daryl Hannah, Eva Herzigova, Guy Pearce, George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Modine, Rod Steiger, Tippi Hedren, Tony Danza, Willem Dafoe and Executive Producer Vin Diesel.

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87 films premieres from 30 countries at Documenta 10

In its 7th year, DOCUMENTA MADRID continues its commitment to quality in its Competitive sections, which for the second consecutive year will be making their premieres in Spain. Of the 1153 documentaries submitted to competition, 87 have been selected. By category, there will be: 38 films in the Original Documentary Film Competition (18 full-length and 20 short films); 22 in the Documentary Competition and 27 in the National Competition (11 full-length and 16 short films) ... click here to read more

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India's Udaan chosen for Cannes, Shekhar Kapur on jury

Meenakshi Shedde: Thursday, April 15, 2010 18:41 IST

Mumbai: India has two distinctions at the Cannes film festival this year so far. Shekhar Kapur has been selected on the feature film jury of the festival. His fellow jurors include Tim Burton (jury president), British actress Kate Beckinsale, and Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro.

The 63rd Cannes film festival is being held from May 12-23, 2010.
Udaan is Motwane’s debut feature film and part of the official selection of the festival.
“I’m very happy that my first film has been selected by the Cannes festival,” Motwane said. “I seriously could not imagine that something like this would happen. Christian Jeune, director of films, confirmed the news by email this morning.” ... click here to read more
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The 60th Berlinale--Retrospektively Speaking

The Retrospektive at the Berlinale usually excites all types of film historians, curators, museum personnel, and other interested parties--especially when it's a German subject. This year, a restored version of Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis trumped the Retrospektive itself, which was a look-back at significant and sometimes controversial films shown at the film festival since it began in 1951--in far warmer June weather.

Many of these films are quite familiar now: In the Realm of the Senses, The Deer Hunter, or even Powell and Pressburger's The Tales of Hoffmann. One can obtain these from any video store. There was a large crowd for the showing I caught of Clouzot's Le Salaire de la Peur, but it began by being accidentally screened in widescreen format. After that was corrected, the film’s exposition seemed endless, and hardly classic, before the actual dynamite truck ride began ... click here to read more

Wake in Fright: April 19, 21, 22 (MA)

Violence and mature themes

Australia 1971
A CLASSIC

Director: Ted Kotcheff
Script: Evan Jones (after a novel by Kenneth Cook)
Featuring: Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Donald Pleasence, Jack Thompson, John Meillon, Slim de Grey, Maggie Dence, Norm Erskine, Sylvia Kay, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, Jacko Jackson
Budget: AUD$800, 000
Running time: 104 minutes
HISTORY: Click Here for Wikipedia Notes

David Stratton's Review: John Grant, (GARY BOND) is a schoolteacher bonded to the NSW Education Department and assigned to a tiny school in a remote community in the far west of the state.

While returning to Sydney for the Christmas summer break, he stops overnight at Bundayabba, popularly known as The Yabba, where he discovers that the friendliness and the hospitality of the locals, led by local cop Jock Crawford, (CHIPS RAFFERTY), has a decidedly sinister side to it ... click here to read more

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"I dont know anything about picasso-except that hes famous for his abstracts,and if someone mentioned something about him I might recognize it-and wasnt he born in italy or something?(Im just as bad with any other famous artist)"

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The Boat That Rocked

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VILLAGE TWIN SCREWup!

It is the 21st Century and you would think that a movie theatre would be across the issue of projecting a movie. For some reason the March 31st LFS showing of "The Boat That Rocked" at Launceston's Village Twin Cinema the screen blacked out! Why? Well it was all rather reminiscent of the days when delinquent, inept or 'dysfunctional' projectionists serially – sometimes surreally – forgot to change the reels or got them in the wrong order or something of the like.

But hey, this is a decade into the 21st Century! You have to wonder. One might argue that this is a minor misdemeanor. By itself it might be but it doesn't stop there. For some curious reason that night there are reports of cinema staff "doing laps of the theatre" asserting their presence. Presumably this was because some members of the audience were getting a little rowdy as they laughed and remembered their youth – shame on them! Perhaps that's the reason for the black out. Perhaps it was intended to provide a 'nostalgic moment' of dysfunctionalism? But it doesn't stop there.

At the end of the film while the credits were showing the curtains closed and the lights came on to shoo the audience out. Like this was an audience of cinema buffs being treated like mildly delinquent school kids. You have to ask who is in charge of marketing at this joint?! When a loyal audience is treated with disdain this sort of question needs to be asked.

When an audience spills out into the foyer after a showing to see it empty the note that one writes to oneself is that "this theatre owes us something." But no, it seems they have a different world view.

While one waits in a LFS cue to enter a theatre to see half a dozen patrons empty out of the previous showing you know that "this theatre owes us something." But it is a monopoly and because it is it can massage the delusion that "they'll put up with what we offer."

Well maybe, just maybe it is time for the LFS to look at its alternatives – and to its membership for guidance. When is enough actually enough?

DISCLAIMER: The post is the opinion of a small group of members and it does not purport to be representative of 'the committee's' view. It just aims to engage them – the committee & the theatre management – in a critical discourse towards better outcomes!

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MOVING ON: A Dangerous Idea, A Paradigm Shift

Capitalism: A Love Story: A Twist?

Now you do not have to approve of something to report it but it is sometimes interesting to simply report what is going on and see what role the moving images plays in it. This week Michael Moore wrote to 'the faithful' saying ... " This weekend over a thousand homes across America will be hosting viewing parties of my latest film, "Capitalism: A Love Story." I'd like to invite you to be part of this great shared event. And I will be there live, over the phone, at many of them to talk to you and take your questions ... MoveOn.org is launching a huge new campaign to take back democracy from the corporations and lobbyists" ... CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL TEXT

Today And Tomorrow (Hoy Y Mañana) Movie Review

A Movie About Principle And Valuable Moral Lessons

Mar 19, 2010 Ingrid Calderon A fierce look at an underground world of stakes and compromises: Director Alejandro Chomski takes us on an exhilarating yet saddening ride through impoverished Buenos Aires, Argentina in his movie Today and Tomorrow (Hoy y Mañana). Winner of the Havana Film Festival, Today and Tomorrow brings attention to a subject as taboo as prostitution and gives it a new light. Set in Buenos Aires, and starring Antonella Costa, Today and Tomorrow follows Paula, a struggling 24 yr. old actress, whom can’t get her rent paid or her bills in line.

While she is running around town stealing food while trying to ask for monetary favors from important men in her life, such as her father and uncle, coming up short. She is also propositioned in the theatre where she performs, from her mentor, whom sees her struggling to make ends meet, and asks Paula to sleep with him in order to pay some bills ... Click here to read more

The Boat That Rocked: March 29 & 31 Mar & 1 April

Coarse language, sexual references and nudity

U.K. 2009
Director: Richard Curtis
Featuring: Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Running time: 116 minutes Margaret: 3.5 Stars David: 3 Stars

Review by David Stratton: In 1966, Radio Rock, based on a boat anchored outside Britain’s three-mile limit, broadcasts the kind of rock ‘n’ roll the BBC largely ignored to an enthusiastic listening audience of mostly young people. Radio Rock is managed by Quentin, (BILL NIGHY) whose nephew Carl, (TOM STURRIDGE) expelled from school, is sent to live on the boat ... The broadcasters are a mixed bunch with a variety of problems and obsessions. Radio Rock has an implacable enemy in government minister Sir Alistair Dormandy, (KENNETH BRANAGH) who vows to shut it down ... Click here to read more

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