New Directors New Films Festival
Image from Where Do We Go Now from NDNF website When the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art team up for a film festival, you know the results will be well worth any ticket...
View ArticleRemembering Casablanca 70 Years Later
First released in 1942, Turner Classic Movies is celebrating Casablanca’s 70th Anniversary with nationwide screenings on March 21. As my husband once said to me, “Everyone loves Casablanca. Unless...
View ArticleA Dissent from the Critical Mass
Much hoopla has been shed over a new breakout Indonesian film called, The Raid: Redemption, which was directed by Gareth Evans. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film is currently sitting in generally positive...
View ArticleInterview with Filmmaker David Licata on the New Directors/New Films Festival
As we posted about a couple of weeks ago, this week is the New Directors/New Films Festival in New York City. We decided to get the inside scoop on what makes this event so special from...
View ArticleUnder the Tribeca Film Fest Hoopla: Three Other Great NYC Film Festivals
The month of April brings along much more than the highly anticipated Tribeca Film Festival. Although this big film event, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, is undeniably...
View ArticleMorgan Spurlock: Super Sized Documentarian
Morgan Spurlock might not be as much of a household name as, say, Michael Moore, but he’s definitely one of the most entertaining documentary filmmakers around. Spurlock quickly gained recognition...
View ArticleChristopher Denham and Zal Batmanglij Talk About ‘Sound of My Voice’
Sound of My Voice is perhaps one of the most anticipated indie releases of the year, having garnered attention from various film festivals in 2011. As has been posted by fellow Arts America writer...
View ArticleFocus Features: 10th Anniversary Salute at MoMA
Focus Features, which formed in May 2002 as a division of NBC Universal, has been an influential force in art house filmmaking for over ten years, consistently producing and distributing some of the...
View ArticleAll Hail the Master Director and Writer, Mr. Joss Whedon
Life isn’t easy as a Joss Whedon fan. In fact, we’ve gotten a lot of flack over the years. We’ve been made fun of by people who didn’t believe that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is truly one of the best...
View ArticleSummer Movie Madness: June Releases to Watch
With summer upon us, the season of the Hollywood blockbuster has finally begun. There’ll be more than our fair share of both good and bad films to crowd us into movie theaters on those hot summer days...
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