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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; AFI FEST 2009</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/afi-fest-2009/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: THE LAST STATION, AFTER.LIFE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-last-station-after-life-afi-fest-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-last-station-after-life-afi-fest-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:22:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18348</guid> <description><![CDATA[Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti in The Last Station AFI FEST 2009, Sat., Nov. 7 at the Santa Monica Laemmle Theater 4 on 2nd Street in Santa Monica. AFI FEST 2009 comes to a close with the following screenings: Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, which is set near the end of Leo Tolstoy's life, has been getting lots of Oscar buzz for its stars: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-last-station-after-life-afi-fest-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009 Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:22:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18337</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2009 Awards AFI FEST 2009: Hollywood/Santa Monica, Oct. 30-Nov. 7, 2009 &#160; Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank focuses on a working-class teenager (Katie Jarvis) frustrated that her mother has found a new beau (Michael Fassbender); Javier Rebollo's Woman Without Piano is a dramatic portrait of 24 hours in the life of a Madrid housewife (Carmen Machi); and Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani's Ajami (above) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/afi-fest-2009-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: POLICE, ADJECTIVE; TO DIE LIKE A MAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/police-adjective-to-die-like-a-man-afi-fest-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/police-adjective-to-die-like-a-man-afi-fest-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:23:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18334</guid> <description><![CDATA[To Die Like a Man by João Pedro Rodrigues (top); Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 continues in a more compact version on Friday and Saturday at the Santa Monica Laemmle Theater 4 on 2nd Street in Santa Monica. There'll be only four screenings per day, with the last one starting at 5:00 p.m. The screening films on Friday, Nov. 6, are: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/police-adjective-to-die-like-a-man-afi-fest-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: A SINGLE MAN, TRANSCENDENT MAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/a-single-man-transcendent-man-afi-fest-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/a-single-man-transcendent-man-afi-fest-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:13:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18317</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth, Julianne Moore in A Single Man (top); Steve Evets, Eric Cantona in Looking for Eric (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 highlights on Thursday, Nov. 5: Robert Barry Ptolemy's Transcendent Man sounds fascinating: Futurist Ray Kurzweil discusses the just-around-the-corner impact of human technology, which has been growing exponentially. Imagine a world without death, hunger, disease. (Well, I'm assuming all those great things will happen if [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/a-single-man-transcendent-man-afi-fest-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: THE ROAD, EASIER WITH PRACTICE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-road-easier-with-practice-afi-fest-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-road-easier-with-practice-afi-fest-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:07:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18310</guid> <description><![CDATA[Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Road (top); Brian Geraghty in Easier with Practice (bottom) Tonight, Wed., Nov. 4, at AFI FEST 2009 in Hollywood: The Road has been getting a lot of Oscar buzz for star Viggo Mortensen, director John Hillcoat, and for the film itself, a futuristic father-son adventure drama set in a post-apocalyptic world. In Eduardo Coutinho's documentary Moscow, the director of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-road-easier-with-practice-afi-fest-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: SOMETHING&#039;S GONNA LIVE, ABOUT ELLY, DOCTOR PARNASSUS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:20:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18216</guid> <description><![CDATA[Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (top); A Lake by Philippe Grandrieux (middle); Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 highlights, Nov. 2: Daniel Raim's documentary Something's Gonna Live, which features interviews with several behind-the-scenes veterans, including Robert Boyle, Conrad Hall, and Haskell Wexler Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which marks Heath Ledger's last film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: PRECIOUS, THE WHITE RIBBON, AJAMI</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:58:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18214</guid> <description><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire by Lee Daniels (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi in Vincere by Marco Bellocchio (bottom) Among the Sunday, Nov. 1, highlights at the AFI FEST 2009 at the Chinese Theater complex in Hollywood are: Lu Chuan's historical drama City of Life and Death, winner of the Golden Shell for best picture [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: Phone Sex Gets EASIER WITH PRACTICE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/easier-with-practice-phone-sex-alvarez/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/easier-with-practice-phone-sex-alvarez/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:43:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18112</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brian Geraghty in Easier with Practice Kyle Patrick Alvarez's feature-film debut Easier with Practice, CineVegas Grand Jury Award winner and Best International Feature at the Edinburgh Film Festival, will screen at the AFI FEST 2009 on Wed., November 4, at 10 p.m. Easier with Practice tells the story of a writer (Brian Geraghty of The Hurt Locker) who, in a desperate attempt to promote his [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/easier-with-practice-phone-sex-alvarez/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: SOMETHING&#039;S GONNA LIVE, NORTH BY NORTHWEST</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-art-directors-north-by-northwest/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-art-directors-north-by-northwest/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:41:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17889</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cary Grant in North by Northwest Among the highlights of AFI FEST 2009 is the Nov. 2 screening of AFI Conservatory Alumnus Daniel Raim's documentary Something's Gonna Live, which profiles several behind-the-scenes Hollywood veterans &#8212; most of whom have already passed away &#8212; including production designers Robert Boyle (who turned 100 this past Oct. 10), Henry Bumstead (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sting), Harold Michelson [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-art-directors-north-by-northwest/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: Christopher Plummer, Viggo Mortensen Tributes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/afi-fest-2009-christopher-plummer-viggo-mortensen-tributes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/afi-fest-2009-christopher-plummer-viggo-mortensen-tributes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:57:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17845</guid> <description><![CDATA[James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer in The Last Station (top); Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence (bottom) AFI FEST 2009 has selected Christopher Plummer, who'll turn 80 next December, and Viggo Mortensen, 51, as this year's tribute honorees. Sponsored by the Skirball Cultural Center, Plummer’s tribute will precede the screening of The Last Station, in which he plays Leo Tolstoy, on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Mortensen’s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/afi-fest-2009-christopher-plummer-viggo-mortensen-tributes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: A SINGLE MAN &#8211; Closing Night Gala</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-a-single-man-closing-night-gala/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-a-single-man-closing-night-gala/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:12:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17843</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth, Matthew Goode in A Single Man AFI FEST 2009's Closing Night Gala presentation, the US premiere of Tom Ford's A Single Man, will take place at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday, November 5. (The festival, with screenings in Santa Monica, actually ends on Nov. 7.) Based on a Christopher Isherwood novel, A Single Man chronicles a day &#8212; possibly the last [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-a-single-man-closing-night-gala/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: Heath Ledger, PRECIOUS, FANTASTIC MR. FOX</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/heath-ledger-precious-fantastic-mr-fox/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/heath-ledger-precious-fantastic-mr-fox/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:48:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17839</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson (top); Gabourey Sidibe in Precious (middle); Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (bottom) AFI FEST 2009, the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, kicks off next Friday, Oct. 30, with a screening of Wes Anderson's animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox, featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Owen Wilson, among others. Other gala presentations include [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/heath-ledger-precious-fantastic-mr-fox/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: THE WHITE RIBBON / THE PROPHET Swap</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17530</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2009 presented by Audi has announced that Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner and Oscar contender The White Ribbon will replace Jacques Audiard's Cannes Grand Prix winner A Prophet in the festival's line-up. Reason for the AFI FEST swap: &#34;a recent change in the release date for A Prophet.&#34; Both films are being distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Classics. The White Ribbon [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: Halloween Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-halloween-movies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-halloween-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:32:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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