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Film Festival: ETHEREAL HORROR FEST (Austin, Texas)
Ethereal Horror Fest announces the 2021 lineup with over 90 films from all over the world including shorts starring Zachary Quinto, Margaret Cho and Hana Mae Lee. This year’s event will be held at the Tiger Den ATX, October 23rd & 24th, 2021. For full lineup and tickets visit ETHEREAL. The Austin TX based horror festival…
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THE STRANGEST PHENOMENA THAT HAVE INSPIRED FILMS AND TV SHOWS
There are some odd things in this world, and they have inspired plenty of films and TV shows over the years. While we might dream up stories based in strange fantasy lands or the furthest reaches of space, there is no denying that life here on Planet Earth can occasionally be a little odd. As a…
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FREE GUY: IS IT ONE OF THE BEST VIDEO GAME MOVIES?
It is difficult to imagine Ryan Reynolds without seeing him in the Deadpool avatar, sarcastically fighting with evil. However, Ryan has come up with the latest blockbuster titled Free Guy. In this movie, he is playing an entirely different kind of hero. The Canadian actor is playing a gentle and ordinary man named Guy who…
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Concerts: SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY’S 2021–22 FILM SERIES (Davies Symphony Hall)
SFS’s Film Series, featuring the Orchestra performing the live accompaniment to iconic films as they are projected on a large screen above the stage, returns. And this season is a knockout. Tickets are available now and can be purchased online at sfsymphony.org or by calling the SFS Box Office at 415-864-6000. All performances takes place…
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ALEXANDRE ROCKWELL COLLECTION (Film Movement Plus)
This September, Film Movement Plus invites home audiences back to school – film school, that is – with a curated selection of works from the award-winning filmography of one of the forefathers of the American independent film movement with THE ALEXANDRE ROCKWELL COLLECTION. Coming on the heels of his latest acclaimed theatrical release, SWEET THING,…
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Film Event: BLACK PANTHER IN CONCERT (Your Guide to Black Panther in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl)
Your guide to Black Panther in Concert Step 1: Have your rideshare drop you off in Lot B Step 2: Or drive yourself and park on-site Step 3: Find your seats Step 4: Applaud the orchestra Step 5: Cheer for victory! See Black Panther in a somewhat larger format than the above — with live orchestra —…
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Film Review: FIRE MUSIC (directed by Tom Surgal)
THE TIP OF THE STORY OF FREE JAZZ Bebop revolutionized jazz in the mid-1940s, shifting the role of the soloist from improvising off of the melody to developing new spontaneous ideas over a song’s chord changes. Just 15 years later, bebop was thought of old fashioned by the new revolutionaries of free (or avant-garde) jazz. Instead of using chord…
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Book Review: ARTISTS’ FILM (David Curtis)
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? NOT MUCH I’ll begin as author David Curtis does, with a quotation from Elizabeth Bowen: “I go to the cinema for any number of different reasons: At random, here are a few of them: I go to be distracted (or ‘taken out of myself’); I go when I don’t think; I go…
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Book Review: FILMQUAKE: THE MOST DISRUPTIVE FILMS IN CINEMA (Ian Haydn Smith)
CELLULOID CULTURE SHIFTERS In his recent history, A Chronology of Film, Ian Haydn Smith brilliantly gave us a wide-ranging picture of worldwide cinematic development from its inception until the present day. In his new book FilmQuake: The Most Disruptive Films in Cinema he sets himself an even more daunting task; he limits himself to examining fifty…
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FILMING LOCATIONS IN LAS VEGAS THAT TOURISTS CAN VISIT TODAY
One of the most famous casino-themed movies ever made is undoubtedly Martin Scorsese’s Casino. an epic story featuring an A-list cast of actors in Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci, Casino. It is the thrilling tale of the fast-paced casino empire of Las Vegas in the 70s and 80s, and everything that happens…
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WHEN FILMMAKING IS A GAME OF CHANCE
Movies and theatre are a reflection of society. Art does not see anything through the glass of vice and virtue. It portrays whatever goes on extraordinarily in the lives of ordinary people. Truth be told, how boring everything would be without the spice of dramatics making our movies larger than life. The heart doesn’t lament…
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Film Release: CURIOSA (Film Movement)
LOU JEUNET’S FEATURE FILM DEBUT STARRING PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE‘S NOEMIE MERLANT PREMIERES VIA VIRTUAL CINEMA, VOD & DIGITAL TODAY AUGUST 13, 2021 BASED ON REAL LIFE EVENTS, THIS STEAMY PERIOD DRAMA SET IN 19TH CENTURY PARIS UNSPOOLS THE STORY OF THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN THE FRENCH POETS PIERRE LOUYS AND MARIE DE RÉGNIER…
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Film: TED BUNDY: AMERICAN BOOGEYMAN & AILEEN WUORNOS: AMERICAN BOOGEYWOMAN (Fathom Events, VOD)
Los Angeles-based Dark Star Pictures have announced upcoming US Release dates today for TED BUNDY: AMERICAN BOOGEYMAN and AILEEN WUORNOS: AMERICAN BOOGEYWOMAN. The releases include a nationwide one-night Fathom release (in over 750 cinemas) for both titles, with VOD and DVD release to follow in September and October respectively. TED BUNDY: AMERICAN BOOGEYMAN will have its Fathom…
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Film and Album: ANNETTE (CANNES EDITION – SELECTIONS FROM THE MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) (Sparks)
ANNETTE SOUNDTRACK AND FILM DEBUTS Milan Records today releases Annette (Cannes Edition – Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  in North America, an album of music by legendary art-pop duo  SPARKS and featured within the musical film from director LEOS CARAX.  Available everywhere now, the 15-track collection features music composed and performed by Sparks with lyrics co-written…
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Film: THE SUICIDE SQUAD (Meet the 16 Misfit Members of Task Force X)
Marvel has dominated the superhero box office for quite some time, but DC Comics is hoping to change that with their highly anticipated film, ‘The Suicide Squad.’ The part sequel, part reboot film features a team of obscure supervillains who go on deadly missions in hopes of decreasing their incarceration sentence. These expendable criminals make up the…
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Film: FILM MOVEMENT PLUS (New Titles for August 2021)
This August, FILM MOVEMENT PLUS adds an incredible collection of international award-winners to the service, including SUMMER LIGHTS, a drama from Jean-Gabriel Périot being released to mark the Hiroshima tragedy, ORAY, a Berlinale winner of the “Best First Feature” Award, HEAVENLY NOMADIC, Kyrgyzstan’s Official Oscar submission in 2015 and THE TASTE OF PHO from Warsaw-based, Japanese-born…
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Film Review: THE MEANING OF HITLER (directed by Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein)
THE MEANING OF TRUMP VIA HITLER I’ve heard the term “fascist” floating about for years in America to describe both sides of the political aisle, even as the term used to apply only to the far right. The original term comes from “Fascisti”, the members of an Italian political organization that seized power and controlled…
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Film: TOUGHER THAN A TANK (co-directed by Tim O’Donnell and Jon Mercer)
Executive Producer Academy Award ® winner Casey Affleck and Pixela Pictura Films are releasing on August 3, 2021, their new documentary film, Tougher Than A Tank. The film examines the physical and emotional recovery of two veterans while exemplifying the need for community. See trailer here. Noah Cass and Eddie Ryan are both Marines who sustained injuries…
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Film: THE PRINCESS BRIDE IN CONCERT (The Hollywood Bowl)
Director Rob Reiner to introduce the world premiere of The Princess Bride in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl ######### The Los Angeles Philharmonic, led by conductor David Newman, will perform, live-to-picture, Mark Knopfler’s score, which has been specially arranged for full orchestra. ######### One Night Only – July 31, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. The Los Angeles…
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Film: BOTTLE MONSTER (directed by Marjorie DeHey)
A MONSTER LURKS IN THE BOTTLE … AND THE DARK The psychological thriller/horror movie “Bottle Monster” centers around the anti-heroine Allison Keys, who struggles to raise her young son while trying unsuccessfully to fight her addiction to alcohol. Alison’s world crumbles as she tries to flee her life, only to come face-to-face with a real-life…
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