Tag: Festivals

[ad_1] FRIDAY, MAY 5th 7PM: “BLACKBERRY” (includes Q&A with star/writer/director Matt Johnson) Johnson paces “Blackberry” like that rocket. It moves quickly without being overly stylized, clicking through dialogue and character…

[ad_1] He loved Ebertfest and savored every minute of planning it. This year, to honor his legacy, we chose the theme of “Empathy at the Movies.” Empathy, he often said, is…

[ad_1] Filmmaker Emily Hagins. Joanna has also played an indispensable role in this year’s festival, serving as its Creative Director, while Carolann Cohen Grzybowski devoted her own time and talents…

[ad_1] The screening of “Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself” at Ebertfest 2023 this past Friday evening was preceded by a special pre-taped intro from Stephen Colbert, who executive produced the…

[ad_1] Plus, there were appearances from Hollywood A-listers such as director Paul Thomas Anderson, Ann-Margret, Diane Baker, Tom Berenger, actor-director George Clooney, director Joe Dante, cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, Angie Dickinson,…

[ad_1] Oz has directed “The Dark Crystal” (With Jim Henson), “The Muppets Take Manhattan”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, “Housesitter”, “What About Bob?”, “The Indian in the Cupboard”,…

[ad_1] The first thing everyone notices and best remembers about “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1920) is the film’s bizarre look. The actors inhabit a jagged landscape of sharp angles…

[ad_1] NK: Not much has changed in my relationship to the festival. What is missing, of course, is Roger. I particularly miss the way he used to introduce each film,…

[ad_1] The writer director, Edson Oda, and the Producer, Jason Michael Berman, President of Mandalay Pictures will appear on stage to participate in a Q&A with Film Critics Brian Tallerico and…

[ad_1] Todd Haynes, who premiered his glorious documentary about the Velvet Underground in Cannes last year, is back with “May/December.” It’s apparently about a well-known American couple in which the husband…