3 September 2010, 11:20 am
Former Mayor Ed Koch’s head must be pretty darn low to the ground, because the entire artistic heft of “Avatar” (film review, Dec. 31) seems to have flown right over him. The movie is incredibly rich on multiple levels—symbolic, allegorical and aesthetic among them.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 9:38 am
In his second year being involved with the Tredyffrin Student Film Festival, Dan Leung, a recent Conestoga High School graduate, has taken home awards in four categories. The 2010 Film Festival first-place winner for his film “The End,” Leung also took home the award for People’s Choice, and i... Read More »
2 September 2010, 10:57 pm
OPENING FRIDAY ANIMAL KINGDOM 3 stars (R) After his mother’s overdose, teenage J. Cody (James Frecheville) gets pulled into the criminal lifestyle of his uncles (including Ben Mendelsohn and Sullivan Stapleton). With downbeat naturalism, Animal Kingdom refuses to romanticize the Cody gangs’ larc... Read More »
2 September 2010, 9:55 pm
TOKYO, Sept 3 — The 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival is to honour Bruce Lee, the Hong Kong actor credited with making kungfu movies popular, with a retrospective of some of his most famous titles. Thirty years after his death, Lee remains a legendary figure in the worlds of both martial arts... Read More »
2 September 2010, 2:25 pm
Boston - Camden, Maine – The Camden International Film Festival has announced its full slate of films for the 2010 program, presenting 46 films representing the highest standards in documentary filmmaking from around the world.... Read More »
2 September 2010, 12:09 pm
A poignant 8x10 black-and-white photograph of former Freehold Township resident John E. McDonough has been chosen to go a national tour with the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Educational Center’s “Traveling Trunks” program. read more... Read More »
2 September 2010, 1:04 am
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s first international film festival will be held in Hanoi on October 17-21. The event is a part of the celebration of the capital city’s 1,000th anniversary. Focus will be on presenting Vietnamese films to the international scene.... Read More »
31 August 2010, 6:38 pm
Pyongyang, August 31 (KCNA) -- A film show took place at the People's Palace of Culture on Tuesday to mark the 65th founding anniversary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.... Read More »
31 August 2010, 10:33 am
MANILA — A new feature film by renowned American independent filmmaker John Sayles brings back the “forgotten” Philippine-American War at the turn of the 20th century, depicting it as the seed of the disastrous U.S. imperialist ventures in Vietnam and...... Read More »
31 August 2010, 7:41 am
The film festival opens Wednesday and continues through Sept. 11 and will present dozens of features from 34 countries.... Read More »