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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Los Angeles Screenings / Film Events</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/los-angeles-screenings/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 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Cornel Wilde/THE BIG COMBO, Dick Powell/Lizabeth Scott/PITFALL: Million Dollar Theater Film Noir Double Bill</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cornel-wilde-the-big-combo-dick-powell-lizabeth-scott-pitfall/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cornel-wilde-the-big-combo-dick-powell-lizabeth-scott-pitfall/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:34:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37085</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joseph H. Lewis' The Big Combo (1955) and André De Toth's Pitfall (1948, right, with Dick Powell) will be screened as a film noir double bill at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at downtown Los Angeles' historic Million Dollar Theater. I haven't watched either movie, but the Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan's warns: The Big Combo's &#34;big, dark shadows &#8230; will eat you alive.&#34; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cornel-wilde-the-big-combo-dick-powell-lizabeth-scott-pitfall/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Peter Bogdanovich, Cybill Shepherd THE LAST PICTURE SHOW Academy Chat Live Streaming</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-bogdanovich-cybill-shepherd-the-last-picture-show-academy/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-bogdanovich-cybill-shepherd-the-last-picture-show-academy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:01:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35887</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cybill Shepherd, Ellen Burstyn, The Last Picture Show The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show with the Los Angeles premiere of the digitally restored “Definitive Director's Cut” of the 1971 black-and-white classic. Additionally, there will be an onstage discussion with members of the cast and crew. Those include Bogdanovich, Academy Award winner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-bogdanovich-cybill-shepherd-the-last-picture-show-academy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Steven Soderbergh/HAYWIRE Secret Screening: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steven-soderbergh-haywire-afi-fest-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steven-soderbergh-haywire-afi-fest-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:48:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35717</guid> <description><![CDATA[Steven Soderbergh's action-thriller Haywire, starring Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton and martial arts star Gina Carano (photo) is AFI FEST 2011's “Secret Screening.” Haywire will be presented tonight at 9:30 p.m. The synopsis below is from the AFI FEST press release: &#8230; Haywire tells the story of Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative who works for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steven-soderbergh-haywire-afi-fest-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>5 STAR DAY Director Danny Buday Interview</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/danny-buday-interview-5-star-day/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/danny-buday-interview-5-star-day/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:18:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35691</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cam Gigandet, 5 Star Day Directed by Danny Buday (photo), and starring Twilight's Cam Gigandet and Sucker Punch's Jena Malone,the psychological drama 5 Star Day opened via Breaking Glass Pictures on Wednesday in select theaters (in the Los Angeles area: the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and the Playhouse 7 in Pasadena). [Watch the trailer. Official website.] Writer-director Buday's first feature film, 5 Star [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/danny-buday-interview-5-star-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pedro Almodóvar Selects Four Classics, LAW OF DESIRE Screening: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pedro-almodovar-afi-fest-2011-law-of-desire/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pedro-almodovar-afi-fest-2011-law-of-desire/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:44:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35551</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2011 Guest Artistic Director Pedro Almodóvar has selected the following classic thrillers to be presented at the festival: Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face, Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle rouge, Edmund Goulding's Nightmare Alley, and Robert Siodmak's The Killers. Why this particular quartet? &#34;Because in some way, albeit tangentially, they have a relationship with my present.&#34; Eyes Without a Face, in which a doctor [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/pedro-almodovar-afi-fest-2011-law-of-desire/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lesbian Romance, Teen Pregnancy, Hallucinogenic Sci-Fier, Killer Dad: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lesbian-romance-teen-pregnancy-hallucinogenic-sci-fi/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lesbian-romance-teen-pregnancy-hallucinogenic-sci-fi/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:08:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35539</guid> <description><![CDATA[Liv Mjönes, Ruth Vega Fernandez, With Every Heartbeat BREAKTHROUGH SELECTIONS EXPECTING: In Chile, a young girl and her boyfriend wait for a black-market drug to take effect in this tense and insightful examination of teen pregnancy. DIR/SCR Francisca Fuenzalida. Chile. U.S. Premiere. LIGHT OF MINE: Rapidly going blind, photographer Owen and his wife Laura take a life-changing trip to Yellowstone National Park where they experience [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lesbian-romance-teen-pregnancy-hallucinogenic-sci-fi/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Vanessa Paradis/CAFÉ DU FLORE, FAUST, ARIRANG, A SEPARATION: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vanessa-paradis-cafe-du-flore-faust-arirang/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vanessa-paradis-cafe-du-flore-faust-arirang/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:28:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35541</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean-Marc Vallée's Café du Flore Chantal Akerman, Joseph Cedar, Béla Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan: AFI FEST 2011 World Cinema Selections ARIRANG: Traumatized by a near-fatal accident during filming, director Kim Ki-duk offers a visionary self-portrait of a troubled artist reeling from an emotional breakdown. DIR Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. U.S. Premiere. CAFÉ DU FLORE: In his follow-up to C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean Marc Vallée tells two parallel [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vanessa-paradis-cafe-du-flore-faust-arirang/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Chantal Akerman, Joseph Cedar, Béla Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chantal-akerman-joseph-cedar-nuri-bilge-ceylan/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chantal-akerman-joseph-cedar-nuri-bilge-ceylan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:25:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35537</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chantal Akerman (center), Almayer's Folly WORLD CINEMA SELECTIONS ALMAYER'S FOLLY: Chantal Akerman loosely adapts Joseph Conrad’s novel set in Malaysia, the tragic tale of a failed European trader and his &#34;mixed blood&#34; daughter. DIR Chantal Akerman. CAST Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion, Zac Andrianasolo. Belgium/France. U.S. Premiere. ALPS: DOGTOOTH director Yorgos Lanthimos returns with a tale of a group offering an unusual service for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/chantal-akerman-joseph-cedar-nuri-bilge-ceylan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jafar Panahi/THIS IS NOT A FILM: AFI FEST 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jafar-panahi-this-is-not-a-film-afi-fest-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jafar-panahi-this-is-not-a-film-afi-fest-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:09:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35535</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jafar Panahi, This Is Not a Film AFI FEST 2011 has announced the list of movies screening in the festival's World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight and Shorts programs. Both World Cinema and Breakthrough feature numerous films having their U.S. premieres, including Chantal Akerman's Almayer's Folly, Jean-Marc Vallée's Café du Flore, Alexander Sokurov's Faust, in addition to the North American premiere of Alexandra-Therese Keining's (lesbian) romantic drama [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jafar-panahi-this-is-not-a-film-afi-fest-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner to Be Immortalized at the Chinese Theatre</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-taylor-lautner-chinese-theatre/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-taylor-lautner-chinese-theatre/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:58:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Eclipse It was one those stop-the-presses &#8212; or rather, stop-the-tweets &#8212; moment: Kristen Stewart injured on the set of Snow White and the Huntsman. Filming had to be halted, but should resume on Friday. Now, what happened to her? Did Stewart scrape a knee? Break a fingernail? Drop her contacts? Does she actually wear contacts? Who knows? Whatever it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-taylor-lautner-chinese-theatre/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Israel-Set Documentaries PRECIOUS LIFE, STRANGERS NO MORE Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/precious-life-movie-strangers-no-more-documentary/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/precious-life-movie-strangers-no-more-documentary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:36:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35460</guid> <description><![CDATA[Two Israel-set documentaries, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon's Oscar-winning short subject Strangers No More and Shlomi Eldar's feature Precious Life (right), will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 30th annual &#34;Contemporary Documentaries&#34; series on Wednesday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings in the series is free. The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/precious-life-movie-strangers-no-more-documentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Long-Unseen Giorgio Moroder-Revamped METROPOLIS to Have North American Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/giorgio-moroder-metropolis-fritz-lang-restored/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/giorgio-moroder-metropolis-fritz-lang-restored/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:23:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35419</guid> <description><![CDATA[Another Metropolis rerelease? As Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin would say, &#34;You Betcha!&#34; (Yikes. Sorry. I just couldn't resist.) As the Kino Lorber press release explains, back in 1981, three-time Academy Award-winning composer Giorgio Moroder (Midnight Express, Flashdance, Top Gun) began a three-year endeavor to restore Fritz Lang's 1927 sci-fi classic, Metropolis. At the time, Moroder came up with a contemporary score for the film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/giorgio-moroder-metropolis-fritz-lang-restored/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Olivia de Havilland, Oscar Winner John Hubley Photo: An Academy Salute to John Hubley</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/olivia-de-havilland-oscar-winner-john-hubley-picture/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/olivia-de-havilland-oscar-winner-john-hubley-picture/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:08:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35388</guid> <description><![CDATA[Faith Hubley, Olivia de Havilland, John Hubley, Oscar 1966 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar screening series will celebrate the life and career of animator John Hubley, considered one of the most innovative and influential designer-directors in the animation field. The Hubley evening will feature rarely seen films, and a conversation with Hubley's daughter and others. The event will [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/olivia-de-havilland-oscar-winner-john-hubley-picture/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Winner THE GREAT ZIEGFELD: American Cinematheque Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-winner-the-great-ziegfeld-luise-rainer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-winner-the-great-ziegfeld-luise-rainer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:28:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35177</guid> <description><![CDATA[Luise Rainer as Anna Held, The Great Ziegfeld Best Picture Academy Award winner The Great Ziegfeld (1936) will be screening tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the American Cinematheque's Aero Theater in Santa Monica. Robert Z. Leonard directed this sumptuous MGM production, starring William Powell as theatrical showman Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld, Myrna Loy as Ziegfeld's wife Billie Burke (the good witch Glinda in The Wizard of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-winner-the-great-ziegfeld-luise-rainer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cinecon 2011 Movie Schedule: EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE; PRACTICALLY YOURS; STRONGER THAN DEATH</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cinecon-east-side-west-side-practically-yours/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cinecon-east-side-west-side-practically-yours/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:04:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27676</guid> <description><![CDATA[Claudette Colbert, Alla Nazimova, Marion Davies, Charles Boyer: Cinecon 2011 Thursday September 1 (photo: Alla Nazimova) 7:00 HOLLYWOOD RHYTHM (1934) 7:10 Welcoming Remarks 7:15 HOLLYWOOD STORY (1951) 77 min. Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Richard Egan. Dir: William Castle. 8:35 Q &#38; A with Julie Adams 9:10 BLAZING DAYS (1927) 60 min. Fred Humes. Dir: William Wyler. 10:20 In The Sweet Pie And Pie (1941) 18 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cinecon-east-side-west-side-practically-yours/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Claudette Colbert, Alla Nazimova, Marion Davies, Charles Boyer: Cinecon 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/claudette-colbert-alla-nazimova-marion-davies-charles-boyer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/claudette-colbert-alla-nazimova-marion-davies-charles-boyer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:04:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27675</guid> <description><![CDATA[Director Allan Dwan, actor George O'Brien, cinematographer George Webber, East Side, West Side Are you a movie lover in Los Angeles, unable to travel either to Venice or Telluride? Don't despair. L.A. has its own glamorous film festival this weekend. It's called Cinecon, now in its 47th year. What's more: unlike the vast majority of movies screening at the more highly publicized Venice and Telluride [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/claudette-colbert-alla-nazimova-marion-davies-charles-boyer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Janet Gaynor-Charles Farrell 7TH HEAVEN, Fragment of Lost Academy Award Winner THE PATRIOT Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/janet-gaynor-charles-farrell-7th-heaven-the-patriot/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/janet-gaynor-charles-farrell-7th-heaven-the-patriot/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:59:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27497</guid> <description><![CDATA[Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, 7th Heaven Frank Borzage's 7th Heaven, starring late '20s lovebirds Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, was the 1927 Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor winner and will thus be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Summer of Silents” series on Monday, August 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The 7th [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/janet-gaynor-charles-farrell-7th-heaven-the-patriot/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Aleksei Fedorchenko&#039;s SILENT SOULS Opens in September in NY, LA</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/aleksei-fedorchenko-silent-souls-release/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/aleksei-fedorchenko-silent-souls-release/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:33:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27391</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shadow Distribution will present the US theatrical release of Aleksei Fedorchenko's Silent Souls, an Official Selection at the 2010 New York, Toronto and Venice film festivals. Silent Souls will open at Angelika Film Center in New York on Friday, September 16, and at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles on September 30. Other cities will follow. The Silent Souls plot synopsis below is from the film's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/aleksei-fedorchenko-silent-souls-release/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Douglas Fairbanks&#039; ROBIN HOOD Academy Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/douglas-fairbanks-robin-hood/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/douglas-fairbanks-robin-hood/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:11:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27330</guid> <description><![CDATA[Enid Bennett, Douglas Fairbanks, Robin Hood Long before Errol Flynn, Russell Crowe, and Kevin Costner &#8212; and their Men in Tights &#8212; there was Douglas Fairbanks and his Men in Tights. Robin Hood, aka Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood will be screening tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The Robin Hood screening [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/douglas-fairbanks-robin-hood/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Elvis Mitchell to Curate LACMA&#039;s Film Programming</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elvis-mitchell-lacma-film-series/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elvis-mitchell-lacma-film-series/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:09:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27258</guid> <description><![CDATA[Elvis Mitchell The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Film Independent have announced that film critic Elvis Mitchell will be the curator of LACMA's new film programming. Mitchell's resume includes stints at the New York Times and the L.A. Weekly, serving on Film Independent's board of directors and the Spirit Awards nominating committees, and selling tickets at LACMA's Bing Theater. According to Steve Pond [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/elvis-mitchell-lacma-film-series/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Outfest 2011: GUN HILL ROAD, THE PERFECT FAMILY, Tom Tykwer&#039;s 3</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/outfest-2011-3-devid-striesow-gun-hill-road/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/outfest-2011-3-devid-striesow-gun-hill-road/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 20:24:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27133</guid> <description><![CDATA[Devid Striesow, Sebastian Schipper in Tom Tykwer's 3 Outfest 2011: Patty Schemel Documentary HIT SO HARD, Andrew Haigh's WEEKEND Schedule and film information from the Outfest 2011 press release. U.S. Dramatic Centerpiece – Circumstance (July 12 at 8:00pm – DGA 1) In a vibrant contemporary Tehran, two beautiful teenage girls struggle for their personal freedom. Atafeh and her best friend Shireen are full of youthful [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/outfest-2011-3-devid-striesow-gun-hill-road/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Outfest 2011: Patty Schemel Documentary HIT SO HARD, Andrew Haigh&#039;s SXSW Hit WEEKEND</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/outfest-2011-patty-schemel-hit-so-hard-tom-cullen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/outfest-2011-patty-schemel-hit-so-hard-tom-cullen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 20:12:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27134</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chris New, Tom Cullen in Andrew Haigh's Weekend Kathleen Turner, Richard Chamberlain, Esai Morales: Outfest 2011 Outfest 2011's four centerpieces are Maryam Keshavarz's Teheran-set drama Circumstance (U.S. Dramatic), winner of the Dramatic Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year; Andrew Haigh's Weekend (International), a sleeper hit at SXSW 2011 and the winner of the festival's Emerging Visions Audience Award; P. David Ebersole's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/outfest-2011-patty-schemel-hit-so-hard-tom-cullen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathleen Turner, Richard Chamberlain, Esai Morales: Outfest 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kathleen-turner-richard-chamberlain-esai-morales-outfest-2011/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kathleen-turner-richard-chamberlain-esai-morales-outfest-2011/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 19:51:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27132</guid> <description><![CDATA[Harmony Santana, Esai Morales in Rashaad Ernesto Green's Gun Hill Road Newcomer Rashaad Ernesto Green’s family drama Gun Hill Road, starring Esai Morales, will open Outfest 2011, the 29th edition of the Los Angeles Gay &#38; Lesbian Film Festival. The festival's closing-night presentation will be Anne Renton's comedy-drama The Perfect Family, featuring Kathleen Turner, Jason Ritter, Emily Deschanel, and Richard Chamberlain. Outfest 2011 runs July [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kathleen-turner-richard-chamberlain-esai-morales-outfest-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&quot;A Conversation with Doug Block&quot; at Los Angeles&#039; The Cinefamily</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doug-block-conversation-the-cinefamily/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doug-block-conversation-the-cinefamily/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 22:51:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27049</guid> <description><![CDATA[Doug Block The International Documentary Association will present &#34;The Art of the Personal Documentary: A Conversation with Doug Block&#34; at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 16, at The Cinefamily (the old Silent Movie Theatre). Doug Block is the New York-based director of 51 Birch Street and The Kids Grow Up. He and moderator Marjan Safinia (But You Speak Such Good English, Seeds) will discuss the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doug-block-conversation-the-cinefamily/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Franco, Julie Taymor: Los Angeles Film Festival 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-franco-julie-taymor-los-angeles-film-festival/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-franco-julie-taymor-los-angeles-film-festival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 01:45:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27042</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Franco in Gus Van Sant's Milk James Franco and Julie Taymor will be on hand at the Los Angeles Film Festival to present films/clips and to take part onstage &#34;conversations.&#34; Franco will present the world premiere of The Broken Tower, which he wrote, directed and stars in. The film depicts the &#34;brief, burning life of the gay, visionary American poet Hart Crane.&#34; Last year, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-franco-julie-taymor-los-angeles-film-festival/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ryan Gosling&#039;s DRIVE, Chris Weitz&#039;s A BETTER LIFE: Los Angeles Film Festival Gala Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ryan-gosling-drive-chris-weitz-a-better-life-laff/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ryan-gosling-drive-chris-weitz-a-better-life-laff/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 19:58:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27039</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ryan Gosling, Drive Also at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2011: the world premiere of Chris Weitz's A Better Life and the North American premiere of Nicolas Winding Refn's Palme d'Or competitor Drive, starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Best known at this stage for handling a vampire (Robert Pattinson), a werewolf (Taylor Lautner), and the woman between (Kristen Stewart) in The Twilight Saga: New [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ryan-gosling-drive-chris-weitz-a-better-life-laff/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GREEN LANTERN Special Screening: Los Angeles Film Festival</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/green-lantern-los-angeles-film-festival-ryan-reynolds/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/green-lantern-los-angeles-film-festival-ryan-reynolds/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 18:47:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27036</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds, Green Lantern Martin Campbell's Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds, will have a special screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 16 at 10:30 p.m. Written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, and Michael Goldenberg, Green Lantern also features Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett and Tim Robbins. Though dedicated to the promotion of independent films, whether American or [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/green-lantern-los-angeles-film-festival-ryan-reynolds/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Guillermo del Toro &quot;Guest Director&quot;; Katie Holmes&#039; DON&#039;T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Closing Night: LA Film Festival</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/guillermo-del-toro-katie-holmes-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/guillermo-del-toro-katie-holmes-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 18:29:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27035</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katie Holmes, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark The Los Angeles Film Festival has announced Guillermo del Toro as Guest Director of its 2011 edition. Del Toro will also introduce the festival's closing night film, Troy Nixey's Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, on June 26 at Regal Cinemas Stadium 14 L.A. LIVE. Del Toro co-wrote the horror film's screenplay with Matthew Robbins. Katie Holmes, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/guillermo-del-toro-katie-holmes-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lauren Greenfield Documentary at Annenberg Space for Photography&#039;s BEAUTY CULTURE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lauren-greenfield-documentary-annenberg-beauty-culture/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lauren-greenfield-documentary-annenberg-beauty-culture/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 23:23:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27028</guid> <description><![CDATA[The upcoming exhibition BEAUTY CULTURE, which opens on May 21 at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, will feature a new 30-minute documentary directed by Lauren Greenfield. As per the Annenberg Foundation's press release, Greenfield's film, which includes interviews with several photographers and subjects included in the exhibition, &#34;accompanies the venue’s sweeping, unprecedented photographic exploration of how feminine beauty is defined, challenged and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lauren-greenfield-documentary-annenberg-beauty-culture/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mary Pickford&#039;s M&#039;LISS Screening at Pickford Institute</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mary-pickford-mliss-joseph-yranski-pickford-institute/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mary-pickford-mliss-joseph-yranski-pickford-institute/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 06:10:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27020</guid> <description><![CDATA[Theodore Roberts, Mary Pickford in Marshall Neilan's M'Liss; smaller photo: Joseph Yranski Mary Pickford was the definition of Movie Superstar from the early 1910s to the late 1920s. So popular and so powerful was Pickford that she, along with Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith, founded United Artists so as to have fuller artistic and financial control over her cinematic endeavors. Several years later, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mary-pickford-mliss-joseph-yranski-pickford-institute/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Stanley Kubrick&#039;s THE SHINING &#8211; &quot;Cuban Film Posters: From Havana to the World&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-shining-cuban-poster-academy-exhibition/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-shining-cuban-poster-academy-exhibition/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 10:14:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26978</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stanley Kubrick's The Shining Hand-silkscreened Cuban posters for Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and The Shining, in addition to 125 other Cuban and international films will be on display in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new exhibition &#34;Cuban Film Posters: From Havana to the World,&#34; beginning Friday, May 13, in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery. The exhibition will run through Sunday, August [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-shining-cuban-poster-academy-exhibition/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Stanley Kubrick&#039;s A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Costa-Gavras&#039; Z: &quot;Cuban Film Posters&quot; Exhibition</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/stanley-kubrick-a-clockwork-orange-z-cuban-film-posters/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/stanley-kubrick-a-clockwork-orange-z-cuban-film-posters/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 10:11:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26977</guid> <description><![CDATA[Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange Here's something unusual: hand-silkscreened Cuban posters for Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief (right), Costa-Gavras' Z, Ernesto Daranas Serrano's Fallen Gods, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and The Shining, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío's Oscar-nominated Strawberry and Chocolate, and about 125 other Cuban and international films will be on display in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/stanley-kubrick-a-clockwork-orange-z-cuban-film-posters/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>EVERY LITTLE STEP, SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/every-little-step-soundtrack-for-a-revolution/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/every-little-step-soundtrack-for-a-revolution/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 21:40:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26966</guid> <description><![CDATA[James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo's Every Little Step Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman's Soundtrack for a Revolution, and James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo's Every Little Step will screen as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission to all screenings [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/every-little-step-soundtrack-for-a-revolution/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Boris Karloff, Jean Harlow Book Signings: Larry Edmunds Bookshop</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boris-karloff-jean-harlow-in-hollywood-larry-edmunds/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boris-karloff-jean-harlow-in-hollywood-larry-edmunds/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:23:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26877</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Harlow Boris Karloff's daughter Sara Karloff, and authors Mark Vieira and Darrell Rooney will be at Larry Edmunds Bookshop signing books later this month. Karloff will be signing copies of Stephen Jacobs' authorized Boris Karloff biography, Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster. Vieira and Rooney will sign their own Harlow in Hollywood, a photo book/biography of 1930s MGM star Jean Harlow. Karloff will be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boris-karloff-jean-harlow-in-hollywood-larry-edmunds/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Illegal Immigration Screenings: THE FENCE, WHICH WAY HOME at the Academy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illegal-immigration-the-fence-which-way-home/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illegal-immigration-the-fence-which-way-home/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:36:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26868</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rebecca Cammisa's Which Way Home Rory Kennedy's The Fence and Rebecca Cammisa's Academy Award-nominated Which Way Home will be screened as the next installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 29th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Directed Kennedy is expected to in attendance. Admission to all screenings in the series [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/illegal-immigration-the-fence-which-way-home/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell in Person: BYE BYE BIRDIE Academy Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-margret-bobby-rydell-bye-bye-birdie-academy-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-margret-bobby-rydell-bye-bye-birdie-academy-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:58:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26822</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bobby Rydell, Ann-Margret, Bye Bye Birdie Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret: Restored BYE BYE BIRDIE Academy Screening Ann-Margret was a sensation at the 1962 Academy Awards ceremony while performing the nominated song &#34;Bachelor in Paradise.&#34; The following year, she became a star with the release of George Sidney's musical Bye Bye Birdie. Looking at the picture above (click on the photo to enlarge it), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-margret-bobby-rydell-bye-bye-birdie-academy-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret: Restored BYE BYE BIRDIE Academy Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-margret-bobby-rydell-at-restored-bye-bye-birdie-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-margret-bobby-rydell-at-restored-bye-bye-birdie-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:55:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26820</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bye Bye Birdie lobby card (top); Bobby Rydell, Ann-Margret, Bye Bye Birdie (bottom) A digitally restored print of George Sidney's 1963 Elvis Presley-inspired satirical musical Bye Bye Birdie, starring Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Bobby Rydell, Maureen Stapleton, Jesse Pearson, and an explosive Ann-Margret, will have its premiere on Wednesday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-margret-bobby-rydell-at-restored-bye-bye-birdie-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sophia Loren Honorary Oscar Photo</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sophia-loren-honorary-oscar-photo/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sophia-loren-honorary-oscar-photo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:20:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26810</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sophia Loren, along with Myrna Loy, an Honorary Oscar recipient at the 1991 Oscar ceremony Sophia Loren will be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The Sophia Loren Academy tribute will feature film clips and reminiscences from friends and colleagues, concluding with an onstage chat with [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sophia-loren-honorary-oscar-photo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sophia Loren Academy Tribute</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sophia-loren-academy-tribute/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sophia-loren-academy-tribute/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:04:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26809</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sophia Loren ca. 1958 Sophia Loren will be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, May 4, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. &#34;An Academy Tribute to Sophia Loren&#34; will feature film clips and personal remarks from friends and colleagues, concluding with an onstage chat with Loren, the first performer to win an Oscar for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sophia-loren-academy-tribute/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Production Design in the 21st Century: Jack Fisk, Jim Bissell, Nathan Crowley at Academy Seminar</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jack-fisk-nathan-crowley-jim-bissell-production-design-seminar/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jack-fisk-nathan-crowley-jim-bissell-production-design-seminar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26808</guid> <description><![CDATA[Peter Mensah in Zack Snyder's 300 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ four-evening seminar series &#34;Evolution or Revolution? Production Design in the 21st Century&#34; will explore the challenges in production design on four consecutive Mondays beginning April 25. The sessions will be moderated by two of the Academy’s Art Directors Branch governors, production designer Jim Bissell (300, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jack-fisk-nathan-crowley-jim-bissell-production-design-seminar/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gregory Peck &#039;Legends of Hollywood&#039; Commemorative Stamp Ceremony</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gregory-peck-legends-of-hollywood-commemorative-stamp/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gregory-peck-legends-of-hollywood-commemorative-stamp/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:29:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26805</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gregory Peck Gregory Peck, Oscar winner for To Kill a Mockingbird, will be honored by the likes of Laura Dern, Sharon Stone, Morgan Freeman, and Natalie Maines at the First Day of Issue ceremony for the Gregory Peck Commemorative Stamp. The Peck stamp is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in conjunction with the United States Postal Service; the ceremony will [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gregory-peck-legends-of-hollywood-commemorative-stamp/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Norma Talmadge, Constance Talmadge, Colleen Moore: The Silent Society&#039;s 25th Anniversary Movie Marathon</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/norma-talmadge-constance-talmadge-colleen-moore-viola-dana/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/norma-talmadge-constance-talmadge-colleen-moore-viola-dana/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:05:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26785</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colleen Moore in Alfred E. Green's Ella Cinders (top); Mabel Normand (bottom) The Silent Society of Hollywood Heritage will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in the company of silent-era superstars Norma Talmadge, Constance Talmadge, Colleen Moore, Viola Dana, and Mabel Normand. Never heard of them? Never seen them? Well, that's your loss. A loss that can be rectified on Saturday, April 2, at the Hollywood [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/norma-talmadge-constance-talmadge-colleen-moore-viola-dana/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rudolph Valentino Birthday Celebration at Hollywood Heritage Museum</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rudolph-valentino-blood-and-sand-hollywood-heritage-museum/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rudolph-valentino-blood-and-sand-hollywood-heritage-museum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:32:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26782</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rudolph Valentino, Blood and Sand Hollywood Heritage will celebrate Rudolph Valentino's birthday on Wednesday, May 11. The event will include screenings of the abridged version of Blood and Sand (1922) and the short Rudolph Valentino and His 88 American Beauties; rare photographs and artifacts on display in the lobby of the Hollywood Heritage Museum; and the presence of Donna Hill, author of Rudolph Valentino, The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rudolph-valentino-blood-and-sand-hollywood-heritage-museum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lesbian Avant-Garde Filmmaker Barbara Hammer&#039;s GENERATIONS, A HORSE IS NOT A METAPHOR at REDCAT</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-hammer-generations-a-horse-is-not-a-metaphor/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-hammer-generations-a-horse-is-not-a-metaphor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:52:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25816</guid> <description><![CDATA[Barbara Hammer's A Horse Is Not a Metaphor &#34;Barbara Hammer: Experimenting in Life and Art&#34; is the title of the West Coast premiere of Barbara Hammer's Generations (2010), co-directed by Gina Carducci, and the Los Angeles premiere of A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2009) at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, at the REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles. Barbara Hammer, &#34;renowned for creating [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-hammer-generations-a-horse-is-not-a-metaphor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Screenings: TIRZA, SIMPLE SIMON, STEAM OF LIFE, ANGEL</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-tirza-simple-simon-steam-of-life-angel/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-tirza-simple-simon-steam-of-life-angel/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:54:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25683</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bill Skarsgård, Cecilia Forss in Andreas Öhman's Simple Simon (top); Heikki Färm and Jani Kumpulainen's Steam of Life (bottom) Tirza, Simple Simon, Steam of Life, and Angel are four potential 2011 Academy Award contenders in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Those are, respectively, the submissions from The Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, and Norway. Directed by Rudolf van den Berg after an eight-year hiatus, Tirza is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-tirza-simple-simon-steam-of-life-angel/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>John Cameron Mitchell-Nicole Kidman&#039;s RABBIT HOLE Preview Screening at LACMA</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-cameron-mitchell-nicole-kidman-rabbit-hole-preview-lacma/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-cameron-mitchell-nicole-kidman-rabbit-hole-preview-lacma/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:34:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25658</guid> <description><![CDATA[Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole John Cameron Mitchell is expected to attend a preview screening of Rabbit Hole, a psychological family drama starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart, at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 10 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Adapted by David Lindsay-Abaire from his Pulitzer Prize winning play, Rabbit Hole is a potential Oscar contender in the Best Picture category, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-cameron-mitchell-nicole-kidman-rabbit-hole-preview-lacma/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2011 Contenders MAMMA GOGO, EASTERN PLAYS Academy Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-contenders-mamma-gogo-eastern-plays/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-contenders-mamma-gogo-eastern-plays/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:01:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25655</guid> <description><![CDATA[Christo Christov, Ovanes Torosian, Eastern Plays (top); Kristbjörg Kjeld, Mamma Gogo (bottom) Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's Mamma Gogo and Kamen Kalev's Eastern Plays will have two additional Academy screenings on Dec. 26 at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills. Iceland's entry for the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Mamma Gogo will be presented at 5 p.m; Bulgarian entry Eastern Plays will screen at 7 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-contenders-mamma-gogo-eastern-plays/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gay Ghost Love Story UNDERTOW to Open in New York / Los Angeles</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gay-ghost-love-story-undertow-new-york-los-angeles-release/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gay-ghost-love-story-undertow-new-york-los-angeles-release/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:51:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25564</guid> <description><![CDATA[Manolo Cardona, Cristian Mercado, Contracorriente / Undertow Javier Fuentes-León's Contracorriente / Undertow, winner of the World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance 2010 and Peru's submission to the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, opens Friday, Nov. 26, at New York's Cinema Village and Los Angeles' Laemmle's Sunset 5 (actually in West Hollywood). Undertow's synopsis, via distributor The Film Collaborative, reads as follows: In this unique [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gay-ghost-love-story-undertow-new-york-los-angeles-release/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Artivist Film Festival 2010: Medical Marijuana Business, Rio&#039;s Slums, Youth &amp; Politics</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/artivist-film-festival-2010-medical-marijuana-business/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/artivist-film-festival-2010-medical-marijuana-business/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:28:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25554</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kevin Booth's How Weed Won the West Los Angeles' 7th Annual Artivist Film Festival, dedicated to &#34;raising awareness for Human Rights, Children's Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and Animal Advocacy,&#34; will be held Dec. 1-4 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Artivist 2010 will screen 45 narrative, documentary, short, and experimental films from around the globe. The festival comes to a close on Saturday, Dec. 4, with [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/artivist-film-festival-2010-medical-marijuana-business/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>STAR TREK and &quot;Previs&quot; at the Academy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-trek-previs-damon-lindelof/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-trek-previs-damon-lindelof/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:10:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25530</guid> <description><![CDATA[“Visualize This: Previs in the Making of Star Trek,” will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technology Council on Thursday, November 18, at 8 p.m. at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The program will explore the previsualization (previs) process in the digital age. Writer-producer Damon Lindelof will use sequences from the J. J. Abrams' Star Trek [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/star-trek-previs-damon-lindelof/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
