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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Louie Psihoyos</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/louie-psihoyos/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>Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Robin Williams, Woody Harrelson: Save the Dolphins PSA</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jennifer-aniston-paul-rudd-robin-williams-save-the-dolphins/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jennifer-aniston-paul-rudd-robin-williams-save-the-dolphins/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:24:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24600</guid> <description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k62kc07m1Dc[/youtube] Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelson, Paul Rudd, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams are some of the celebrities featured in this clip promoting the end of dolphin hunting in Japan. This PSA was inspired by Louie Psihoyos' Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove, which focuses on the massacre of dolphins in the Japanese fishing town of Taiji. Dolphins are not only better looking, but I have no doubt [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jennifer-aniston-paul-rudd-robin-williams-save-the-dolphins/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar-Winning Documentary THE COVE to Open in Japan Despite Right-Wing Prostests</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-cove-japan-right-wing-prostests/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-cove-japan-right-wing-prostests/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:51:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24599</guid> <description><![CDATA[Louie Psihoyos' Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, about the indiscriminate slaughter of dolphins in the Japanese town of Taiji, will finally reach Japanese screens in July. Earlier this month, flag-waving right-wingers &#8212; who accused The Cove of being anti-Japanese and distorting the truth &#8212; had caused a number of theaters to cancel screenings of Psihoyos' film. According to Unplugged, which is distributing The Cove in Japan, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-cove-japan-right-wing-prostests/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE COVE&#039;s Oscar Win: Reactions in Japan&#039;s Dolphin-Killing Village</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-cove-dolphin-killing-taiji-499/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-cove-dolphin-killing-taiji-499/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:46:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23064</guid> <description><![CDATA[Louie Psihoyos, Paula DuPré Pesman, Fisher Stevens, Ric O'Barry The Associated Press' Jay Alabaster writes about the reaction of locals in Taiji, Japan, after the Oscar for Best Documentary went to Louie Psihoyos' The Cove, an indictment of the dolphin-slaughtering practices of Taiji fishermen &#8212; they stab screaming dolphins after herding them in shallow waters near a hidden cove &#8212; and how Japanese authorities do [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-cove-dolphin-killing-taiji-499/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary THE COVE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-documentary-the-cove-111199/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-documentary-the-cove-111199/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:46:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22517</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Documentary, The Cove Louie Psihoyos' The Cove, about the abuse and indiscriminate slaughter of dolphins at a secluded cove near Taiji, Japan, has been the most honored documentary of 2009. The Cove has won awards from various US critics groups, in addition to top awards from the Producers Guild, the Directors Guild, the Writers Guild (for Mark Monroe), and the American Cinema Editors (for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-documentary-the-cove-111199/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE COVE&#039;s Oscar Credits Announced</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-cove-oscar-credits-91243/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-cove-oscar-credits-91243/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:15:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21786</guid> <description><![CDATA[Nominee credits for Best Documentary Feature nominee The Cove have been determined by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Documentary Branch Executive Committee. Credits are as follows: The Cove – Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens As per the Academy's press release, &#34;rules for the documentary feature category state that a maximum of two persons may be designated as nominees, one of whom must [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-cove-oscar-credits-91243/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathryn Bigelow: First Woman DGA Winner (Narrative Feature)</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-first-woman-dga-winner-881/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-first-woman-dga-winner-881/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:04:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21481</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win the Directors Guild Award for narrative feature. The Iraq War drama can now be officially be considered the front runner in the Oscar race: last week, it won the Producers Guild Award as well. It has also won most film critics' awards to date. Bigelow's fellow nominees were Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds, Lee [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-first-woman-dga-winner-881/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER, THE COVE, UP: Producers Guild Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-the-cove-up-pga-awards-289/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-the-cove-up-pga-awards-289/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:11:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21272</guid> <description><![CDATA[Following James Cameron's best director upset at the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild of America one-upped the Hollywood Foreign Press Association by choosing not the blockbuster Avatar, but Kathryn Bigelow's independently made Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker (above, top photo) as the best film (or best producers) of the year. Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal, Nicholas Chartier, and Greg Shapiro are the film's credited producers. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-the-cove-up-pga-awards-289/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE COVE Is US Critics Groups&#039; Top Documentary</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-cove-critics-groups-documentary-765/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-cove-critics-groups-documentary-765/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:09:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20167</guid> <description><![CDATA[Louie Psihoyos' The Cove (above), about the annual slaughter of dolphins at a small Japanese village, has thus far been the various US critics groups' favorite documentary. The runner-up is Sacha Gervasi's Anvil! The Story of Anvil, which has been referred to as This Is Spinal Tap for real. (However, there have been accusations that Anvil! isn't technically a &#34;documentary&#34; as its chronology is supposed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-cove-critics-groups-documentary-765/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Los Angeles Film Critics 2009 Winners: THE HURT LOCKER</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/los-angeles-film-critics-winners-2009-849/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/los-angeles-film-critics-winners-2009-849/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:33:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19109</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tahar Rahim in A Prophet National Board of Review 2009: Top Winners Other National Board of Review 2009 winners: Jacques Audiard's tough prison drama A Prophet, a likely Oscar candidate in the best foreign language film category, was named best foreign-language film. Michael Haneke's widely acclaimed The White Ribbon and Sebastian Silva's The Maid, which earned star Catalina Saavedra a breakthrough performer Gotham award, were [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-board-of-review-2009-carey-mulligan-493/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Los Angeles Film Festival 2009: THE COVE, UNITED RED ARMY, Music Videos</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-cove-united-red-army-la-film-festival-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-cove-united-red-army-la-film-festival-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:11:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14008</guid> <description><![CDATA[Eight time world-champion freediver Mandy Rae Cruickshank and humpback whale friend in The Cove (top); The Cove by Louie Psihoyos (2nd from top); United Red Army by Koji Wakamatsu (2nd from bottom); "Fortress: Pinback" by Elliot Jokelson (bottom) Los Angeles Film Festival, Sunday, June 28, highlights: Louie Psihoyos' documentary The Cove (Majestic Crest, 1 pm), the Audience Award winner at Sundance 2009, delves into the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/the-cove-united-red-army-la-film-festival-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
