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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; New York Screenings / Film Events</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/new-york-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>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, John Hubley Oscar 1967 Photo: Academy to Celebrate John Hubley</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/olivia-de-havilland-picture-john-hubley-oscar-1967/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/olivia-de-havilland-picture-john-hubley-oscar-1967/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:27:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35389</guid> <description><![CDATA[Faith Hubley, Olivia de Havilland, John Hubley, Michael Goldman, Oscar 1967 &#34;An Academy Salute to John Hubley&#34; to be held as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar screening series in New York City. Hubley is considered one of animation’s most innovative and influential designer-directors. (Right: Hubley's Oscar-winning animated short The Hole [1962].) The Hubley celebration will take [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/olivia-de-havilland-picture-john-hubley-oscar-1967/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Three-Time Oscar-Winning Animator John Hubley Academy Celebration</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/animator-john-hubley-academy-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/animator-john-hubley-academy-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:53:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35386</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carl Reiner, John Hubley, Hope Lange, Oscar 1959 John Hubley, considered one of animation’s most innovative and influential designer-directors, will have his life and art celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar screening series. A special evening featuring rarely seen John Hubley movies will be held on Monday, October 10, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/animator-john-hubley-academy-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bob Dylan in Murray Lerner&#039;s FESTIVAL</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/bob-dylan-murray-lerner-festival-folk-music/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/bob-dylan-murray-lerner-festival-folk-music/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:04:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27394</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan, Festival Bob Dylan, along with Joan Baez; Judy Collins; Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow; Donovan; Odetta; Son House; and others, is featured in Murray Lerner's Festival. Nominated for the 1967 Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category, Festival will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar series on Monday, July 18, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/bob-dylan-murray-lerner-festival-folk-music/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Judy Collins in FESTIVAL New York Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/judy-collins-festival-murray-lerner-academy/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/judy-collins-festival-murray-lerner-academy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:04:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27393</guid> <description><![CDATA[Judy Collins, Festival Judy Collins; Joan Baez; Bob Dylan; Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow; Donovan; and Odetta, are some of the performers featured in Murray Lerner's 1967 Academy Award-nominated documentary Festival. The film will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar series on Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/judy-collins-festival-murray-lerner-academy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar-Nominated Documentary FESTIVAL Screening in New York</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-nominated-documentary-festival-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-nominated-documentary-festival-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:03:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27392</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow, Festival Murray Lerner's 1967 Academy Award-nominated documentary Festival will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar series on Monday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. The program will feature a newly struck print from the Academy Film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-nominated-documentary-festival-screening/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>Jarred Alterman&#039;s CONVENTO New York Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jarred-alterman-convento-rooftop-films/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jarred-alterman-convento-rooftop-films/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:48:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27387</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jarred Alterman's Convento Jarred Alterman's Convento, accompanied by several shorts, will be screened on the roof of The Old American Can Factory in New York City at 9 p.m. on July 16. The screening will be preceded by April March's live music and will be followed by a q&#38;a with the filmmaker &#34;and subjects,&#34; in addition to a reception in the courtyard. In the Rooftops [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jarred-alterman-convento-rooftop-films/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Winner Chris Newman, Oscar Nominee Tom Fleischman: &quot;An Evening of Sound&quot; at Academy Theater</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-winner-chris-newman-tom-fleischman-sound-mixing/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-winner-chris-newman-tom-fleischman-sound-mixing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:12:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26867</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster in Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs &#160; The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar” series will present “An Evening of Sound with Chris Newman and Tom Fleischman,” an exploration of the use of sound on film, on Monday, April 25, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City.  [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-winner-chris-newman-tom-fleischman-sound-mixing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CineKink NYC 2011: From Mr. Leather Contest to Erotic WHO&#039;S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cinekink-nyc-mr-leather-contest-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cinekink-nyc-mr-leather-contest-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:48:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26348</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vivian Darkbloom's Indietro (top) sounds like an erotic version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; in Pearl Tan's short Baby Cake (bottom), for some mysterious reason a gay couple and a lesbian couple try to conceive a baby &#34;naturally&#34; The 8th annual CineKink NYC, featuring a &#34;specially-curated program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality,&#34; will take place March [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cinekink-nyc-mr-leather-contest-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Global Lens 2011 at MoMA: Mohammad Rasoulof&#039;s THE WHITE MEADOWS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/global-lens-2011-moma-mohammed-rassoulof-the-white-meadow/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/global-lens-2011-moma-mohammed-rassoulof-the-white-meadow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:21:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25890</guid> <description><![CDATA[Zhang Lu's Dooman River MoMA and the Global Film Initiative (GFI) present the New York leg of the touring film exhibition Global Lens, described as &#34;a project conceived to encourage filmmaking in countries with emerging film communities.&#34; Global Lens 2011 kicks off on Jan. 13. The series runs until Jan. 28. I'm not sure you could call places such as Brazil, China, India, and Argentina [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/global-lens-2011-moma-mohammed-rassoulof-the-white-meadow/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>New York&#039;s Documentary Film Festival DOC NYC 2010 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doc-nyc-2010-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doc-nyc-2010-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:32:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25496</guid> <description><![CDATA[Laura Israel's Windfall Press Release: DOC NYC, New York's documentary festival, now in the midst of its inaugural year, announces its award winners the night of Sunday, November 7th at the festival's gala screening of Errol Morris's new film Tabloid at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Prizes were awarded by juries in both the "Viewfinders" and "Metropolis" sections; festival audiences also selected an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/doc-nyc-2010-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL: Restored Print at Academy Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbra-streisand-funny-girl-restored/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbra-streisand-funny-girl-restored/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:53:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25457</guid> <description><![CDATA[Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, Omar Sharif in William Wyler's Funny Girl A restored print of Funny Girl (1968), Barbra Streisand's film debut, will reignite the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar” series on Monday, November 15, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. &#34;Monday Nights with Oscar&#34; has been on hiatus for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbra-streisand-funny-girl-restored/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jeff Lipsky&#039;s TWELVE THIRTY at NY&#039;s Angelika in Jan. 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jeff-lipsky-twelve-thirty-jonathan-groff-angelika/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jeff-lipsky-twelve-thirty-jonathan-groff-angelika/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:47:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25376</guid> <description><![CDATA[Portia Reiners, Jonathan Groff, Twelve Thirty Jeff Lipsky's Twelve Thirty opens at New York’s Angelika Film Center on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. In the cast: Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Karen Young, Reed Birney, Portia Reiners, Halley Feiffer, Rebecca Schull, and veteran Barbara Barrie (Oscar nominee for Breaking Away in 1979). A sneak preview of Twelve Thirty will take place on Jan. 10, 2011, at the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jeff-lipsky-twelve-thirty-jonathan-groff-angelika/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Julie Andrews, Doris Day, Gloria Swanson, Lauren Bacall: NYPL&#039;s &quot;High Fashion in the Movies&quot; Series</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/julie-andrews-doris-day-gloria-swanson-cary-grant/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/julie-andrews-doris-day-gloria-swanson-cary-grant/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:35:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25185</guid> <description><![CDATA[Julie Andrews, Gloria Swanson, Lauren Bacall, Cary Grant, Linda Darnell, George Hamilton, Melvyn Douglas, and Louise Brooks are some of the female and male clotheshorses on parade in the New York Public Library's Performing Arts film series &#34;Not Off the Rack: High Fashion in the Movies,&#34; which kicks off on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 2:30 p.m. The series will run every Tuesday through Oct. 26. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/julie-andrews-doris-day-gloria-swanson-cary-grant/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>EYES WIDE OPEN: Another Week at New York&#039;s Cinema Village</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/eyes-wide-open-gay-love-story-49549/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/eyes-wide-open-gay-love-story-49549/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:58:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21792</guid> <description><![CDATA[Distributed by New American Vision, Eyes Wide Open will stay one more week at New York City's Cinema Village. Directed by Haim Tabakman and written by Merav Doster, the forbidden gay love story set among Israel's ultra-orthodox Jewish community &#8212; where homosexuality isn't exactly welcome &#8212; stars Zohar Shtrauss and Ran Danker. The information below is from the film's press release. Aaron, a respectable butcher [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/eyes-wide-open-gay-love-story-49549/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>EYES WIDE OPEN: Gay Love Story Set in Israel&#039;s Orthodox Community</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/eyes-wide-open-gay-orthodox-jewish-7194/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/eyes-wide-open-gay-orthodox-jewish-7194/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:59:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21749</guid> <description><![CDATA[Directed by Haim Tabakman and written by Merav Doster, Eyes Wide Open is a gay love story set in Jerusalem's &#34;ultra-orthodox&#34; Jewish community &#8212; in other words, in a society in which homosexuality is anything but acceptable. Here's the synopsis from the Eyes Wide Open press release: &#34;Aaron, a respectable butcher in Jerusalem's ultra-orthodox Jewish community is married to Rivka and is a dedicated father [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/eyes-wide-open-gay-orthodox-jewish-7194/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MEREDITH MONK &#8211; INNER VOICE Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/meredith-monk-inner-voice-dvd-998/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/meredith-monk-inner-voice-dvd-998/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:35:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21197</guid> <description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE Meredith Monk &#8211; Inner Voice Brings the Iconoclastic American Performer, Singer, Filmmaker and Choreographer To Film Screens at the Dance On Camera Festival at Lincoln Center January 29, 1:30pm; Monday, February 1, 6pm Introduced by the director Babeth M. VanLoo &#34;An admiring portrait of an individual whose calm, joyous personality makes her quite wonderful company, both at work and in conversation.&#34; - Dennis Harvey, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/meredith-monk-inner-voice-dvd-998/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND: Q&amp;A with Jodie Markell</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-jodie-markell-898/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-jodie-markell-898/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:45:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20153</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, and Ann Margret star in Jodie Markell's handsome production of a long &#34;lost&#34; Tennessee Williams screenplay, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, which opens tomorrow in New York City at the Quad Theater and in the Los Angeles area at the Laemmle 4 in Santa Monica and the Laemmle 5 in West Hollywood. The story of a young, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-jodie-markell-898/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Yoav Shamir&#039;s DEFAMATION Opens in NY/LA</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/yoav-shamir-defamation-screenings-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/yoav-shamir-defamation-screenings-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18627</guid> <description><![CDATA[European Film Award nominee and a very likely contender for the 2010 best documentary feature Academy Award*, Yoav Shamir's Defamation opens on Friday, Nov. 20, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities across the United States. The film info below is from distributor First Run Features' website: &#34;Intent on shaking up the ultimate ‘sacred cow’ for Jews, Israeli director Yoav Shamir embarks on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/yoav-shamir-defamation-screenings-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FOUR SEASONS LODGE Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/four-seasons-lodge-screenings-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/four-seasons-lodge-screenings-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:19:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18621</guid> <description><![CDATA[Directed by Andrew Jacobs, Four Seasons Lodge is currently playing at New York City's IFC Center at Sixth Avenue at West Third Street. The film opens Friday, Nov. 20, at the Quad Cinema at 34 West 13th Street. This week, the filmmaker will be present at the IFC Center's Wednesday-Thursday 8pm shows. The Four Seasons Lodge summary reads: &#34;From the darkness of Hitler's Europe to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/four-seasons-lodge-screenings-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Czech Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/new-czech-films-milos-forman-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/new-czech-films-milos-forman-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:12:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18617</guid> <description><![CDATA[A Well Paid Walk by Milos Forman (top); Vaclav Havel in Citizen Havel by Pavel Koutecký and Miroslav Janek (middle); The Karamazovs by Petr Zelenka (bottom) New Czech Films at New York's BAMcinématek. The series includes works by two-time Academy Award winner Milos Forman and Jan Hrebejk, whose Divided We Fall (2000) was nominated for a best foreign language film Oscar. Václav Marhoul's war drama [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/new-czech-films-milos-forman-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sophie Okonedo in SKIN: Black Daughter of White Parents</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/sophie-okonedo-skin/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/sophie-okonedo-skin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:32:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18109</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sophie Okonedo in Skin Winner of four audience awards, including at the AFI Dallas and Santa Barbara film festivals, Skin tells the factually inspired (and quite curious) story of Sandra Laing (Hotel Rwanda's Academy Award nominee Sophie Okonedo as an adult; Ella Ramangwane as child), the &#34;black&#34; daughter of &#34;white&#34; Afrikaner parents (veterans Sam Neill and Alice Krige), who until then &#8212; South Africa in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/sophie-okonedo-skin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE END OF POVERTY? US Release</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/the-end-of-poverty-us-release/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/the-end-of-poverty-us-release/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:08:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17687</guid> <description><![CDATA[Philippe Diaz's documentary The End of Poverty?, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival's Critics’ Week sidebar and has been screened at more than two dozen international film festivals, will be released nationwide by Cinema Libre starting in New York City on November 13 (at the Village East Cinema), followed by Los Angeles on November 25 (at the Laemmle Sunset 5 and Culver Plaza Theaters), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/the-end-of-poverty-us-release/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TAPESTRIES OF HOPE Screening in New York</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/tapestries-of-hope-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/tapestries-of-hope-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:02:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17313</guid> <description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE Freshwater Haven, a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the dramatic social change that is required to stop the physical, sexual and emotional abuse of women, announced today it’s production, Tapestries of Hope, will be shown at an exclusive screening on Sunday, October 18, 2009 in New York City. This special event will be followed by screenings at the United States Department of State [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/tapestries-of-hope-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark: NO WAY OUT Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/no-way-out-ruby-dee-linda-darnell/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/no-way-out-ruby-dee-linda-darnell/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:14:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15770</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark in No Way Out Ruby Dee will be the special guest at a screening of No Way Out (1950), part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar” series on September 21 at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. Film historian and scholar Foster Hirsch will host this celebration of the centennial [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/no-way-out-ruby-dee-linda-darnell/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT at Film Forum</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lew-ayres/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lew-ayres/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:35:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14920</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lew Ayres and Louis Wolheim in All Quiet on the Western Front The silent version of the best picture Academy Award winner All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), in my view the greatest war movie ever made, will be screened at New York City's Film Forum on Monday, August 3. Showtimes are at 3:20, 6:50, and 9:20. Having been restored and preserved by the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lew-ayres/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LOREN CASS No Longer Undistributed</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/loren-cass-release/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/loren-cass-release/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:27:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14229</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kino International has acquired the theatrical release of Loren Cass (2007), directed, written and edited by first-time filmmaker Chris Fuller. Nominated for a Gotham Award as one of the best undistributed films of 2007, Loren Cass is finally scheduled to premiere in New York City on July 24 at the Cinema Village. The film will expand to other major markets during the summer and fall [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/loren-cass-release/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hollywood’s Greatest Year in New York City</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/hollywood-greatest-year-1939-new-york/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/hollywood-greatest-year-1939-new-york/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:47:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13266</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (top); Bette Davis, Geraldine Fitzgerald in Dark Victory (middle); Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon in Wuthering Heights (bottom) Gone with the Wind, the 1939 Best Picture winner, will kick off the New York presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ latest screening series, &#34;Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939,&#34; on Saturday, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/hollywood-greatest-year-1939-new-york/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in GUNGA DIN Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:14:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13262</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Stevens' rousingly politically incorrect &#8212; and for the most part much admired &#8212; action-adventure tale Gunga Din will have a special screening on Friday, June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Prior to the film, Oscar winners Ben Burtt and Craig Barron will discuss the sound and visual effects used in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/gunga-din-cary-grant-douglas-fairbanks-jr/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SÉRAPHINE: Q&amp;A with Martin Provost</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/seraphine-martin-provost-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/seraphine-martin-provost-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:01:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13009</guid> <description><![CDATA[The winner of 7 French Academy Awards, including best film, best original screenplay, and best actress, Martin Provost's Séraphine stars Yolande Moreau as painter Séraphine Louis, aka Séraphine de Senlis, a plain, poor, uncultured, devoutly Catholic, and emotionally unbalanced housekeeper who became known as a major artistic talent in the early 20th century. Written by Provost and Marc Abdelnour, Séraphine focuses on the artist's relationship [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/seraphine-martin-provost-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Luis Buñuel&#039;s VIRIDIANA Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/viridiana-luis-bunuel-silvia-pinal/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/viridiana-luis-bunuel-silvia-pinal/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:58:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10124</guid> <description><![CDATA[Viridiana, Luis Buñuel's provocative 1961 Palme d'Or-winning classic proving that life is a bitch and then you play cards, will run at New York City's Film Forum from Friday, April 24, through Thursday, April 30. Inspired by a painting of Saint Viridiana kneeling on the floor before a crucifix and crown of thorns (and by Benito Pérez Galdós' novel Halma), co-written by Buñuel and Julio [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/viridiana-luis-bunuel-silvia-pinal/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>D. W. Griffith, Emile Cohl &#8211; A Century Ago: The Films of 1908</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/d-w-griffith-emile-cohl-the-films-of-1908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/d-w-griffith-emile-cohl-the-films-of-1908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:32:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10108</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;A Century Ago: The Films of 1908,&#8221; showcasing filmmaking highlights of 1908, will be the next presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' series &#8220;Monday Nights with Oscar.&#8221; The screenings will be held on Monday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. Hosted by the Academy's Director of Educational Programs and Special Projects Randy Haberkamp, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/d-w-griffith-emile-cohl-the-films-of-1908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MIDNIGHT COWBOY at the DGA in New York City</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/midnight-cowboy-jon-voight-dustin-hoffman/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/midnight-cowboy-jon-voight-dustin-hoffman/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:37:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=8761</guid> <description><![CDATA[John Schlesinger's 1969 socio-psychological drama Midnight Cowboy, one of the better best picture Oscar winners, will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar” series on Monday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Directors Guild of America Theatre in New York City. David V. Picker, the executive-in-charge at United Artists during the making of Midnight [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/midnight-cowboy-jon-voight-dustin-hoffman/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of  Women Designing for Live Performance</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/curtain-call-costume-production-designers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/curtain-call-costume-production-designers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:07:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=8601</guid> <description><![CDATA[Accompanying the exhibit Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance, the New York Public Library's Library for the Performing Arts will present a series of films from March 3-April 28 highlighting the role of female costume and production designers in Hollywood films from the 1910s to the 2000s. (See schedule below.) Curated by Joseph Yranski, the series includes: The short Wonderful [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/curtain-call-costume-production-designers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CineKink NYC 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/cinekink-nyc-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/cinekink-nyc-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:17:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=8523</guid> <description><![CDATA[When a film festival's community sponsors have names such as DDevious Delights, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Gay Male S/M Activists, Leather Invasion, Lesbian Sex Mafia, the film festival in question must be CineKink NYC, currently taking place at the Anthology Film Archives, at 32 Second Avenue &#38; 2nd St. in New York City. Among the screening films are Daryl Wein's documentary Sex Positive, about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/cinekink-nyc-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN at Film Forum</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/leave-her-to-heaven-at-film-forum/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/leave-her-to-heaven-at-film-forum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:54:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=8516</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leave Her to Heaven (1945) &#8212; one of the best (and brightest) of all film noirs &#8212; will be screened at New York City's Film Forum from March 6-12. I've already written about Leave Her to Heaven when it was screened in Los Angeles a couple of years ago, so I'll just add here that this psychological thriller-melodrama should be watched on the big screen [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/leave-her-to-heaven-at-film-forum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Marni Nixon at Film Forum</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/marni-nixon-at-film-forum/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/marni-nixon-at-film-forum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:45:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=8024</guid> <description><![CDATA[Marni Nixon, the voice behind, among others, Deborah Kerr in The King and I and An Affair to Remember, Natalie Wood in West Side Story, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, will be honored at New York City's Film Forum on Monday, February 23 at 7:30 pm. Nixon, who turns 79 the day before the tribute, will be present for an onstage interview about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/marni-nixon-at-film-forum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gen Art Film Festival 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/gen-art-film-festival-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/gen-art-film-festival-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:24:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7824</guid> <description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE Gen Art Film Submissions The 14th Annual Gen Art Film Festival kicks off on April 1, 2009 in New York City. The Gen Art Film Festival (GAFF)’s unique format showcases seven features and seven shorts from emerging filmmakers which are followed by seven premiere parties. The festival allows film lovers to experience a movie premiere like a true insider. Each night of this cutting edge festival is an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/gen-art-film-festival-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2009:  Animated and Live Action Short Film Screenings in New York City</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/shorts/oscar-2009-animated-shorts-live-action-shorts/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/shorts/oscar-2009-animated-shorts-live-action-shorts/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:46:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7807</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Shorts!,&#34; the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences program featuring the 2009 Oscar nominees in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories, will be presented in New York City on Saturday, February 14, at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International (111 East 59th Street). There will be two separate screenings of the nominated films, the first at noon and an encore presentation at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/shorts/oscar-2009-animated-shorts-live-action-shorts/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Agnieszka Holland Retrospective at MoMA</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/agnieszka-holland-retrospective-at-moma/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/agnieszka-holland-retrospective-at-moma/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:26:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6112</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Museum of Modern Art's ongoing Agnieszka Holland retrospective in New York City continues until January 5, 2009. Holland, best known for her World War II era drama Europa Europa, The Secret Garden (above, lower photo), Washington Square, and Total Eclipse (top photo, with Leonardo DiCaprio), directed and wrote a number of lesser-known films in her native Poland. Among the upcoming MoMA screenings are several [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/agnieszka-holland-retrospective-at-moma/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Douglas Fairbanks in THE THIEF OF BAGDAD Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-thief-of-bagdad-douglas-fairbanks/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-thief-of-bagdad-douglas-fairbanks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:06:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5370</guid> <description><![CDATA[A fully restored print of the 1924 silent-film version of The Thief of Bagdad, starring Douglas Fairbanks, will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Fairbanks celebration in a special “Monday Nights with Oscar” presentation on Monday, December 15, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. The screening will feature live musical accompaniment by Donald [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-thief-of-bagdad-douglas-fairbanks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WERE THE WORLD MINE Trailer</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/were-the-world-mine-trailer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/were-the-world-mine-trailer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:45:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5148</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Co-written by partners Cory James Krueckeberg and Tom Gustafson (from Gustafson's 2003 short Faeries) and directed by Gustafson, Were the World Mine tells the story of small-town teen Timothy (Tanner Cohen), who happens to be gay, ostracized, and in love with his private school's top jock (Nathaniel David Becker). Timothy's sole means of escape is his musico-magical world, filled with shining lights and singing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/were-the-world-mine-trailer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>RASHOMON: Monday Nights with Oscar</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/rashomon-monday-nights-with-oscar/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/rashomon-monday-nights-with-oscar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:10:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5108</guid> <description><![CDATA[Akira Kurosawa's 1950 classic Rashomon, which officially introduced Japanese cinema to the world at large, will be the next film presented as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Monday Nights with Oscar.” The East Coast premiere of the new digitally restored print of Rashomon will take place on Monday, November 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/rashomon-monday-nights-with-oscar/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/bob-hope-thanks-for-the-memories/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/bob-hope-thanks-for-the-memories/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:46:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4729</guid> <description><![CDATA[Although Bob Hope was one of the most popular American (though English-born) entertainers of the 20th century, I've always found him hard to swallow. So, why am I so disappointed that I won't be in New York City this fall (Oct. 7&#8211;Nov. 25) to check out the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' free screenings of the series &#34;Bob Hope: Thanks for the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/bob-hope-thanks-for-the-memories/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A TIME FOR BURNING: Monday Nights with Oscar</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/a-time-for-burning-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/a-time-for-burning-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:56:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4671</guid> <description><![CDATA[A Time for Burning, a 1967 Oscar-nominated documentary about the interactions between two segregated churches in Omaha, Nebraska, during the height of the civil rights movement, will be screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' &#34;Monday Nights with Oscar&#34; on Monday, October 20, at 8 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. Hosted by journalist and filmmaker Elvis Mitchell, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/a-time-for-burning-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Meet the Oscars, New York 2008</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/meet-the-oscars-gary-cooper/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/meet-the-oscars-gary-cooper/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:17:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/meet-the-oscars-gary-cooper/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The exhibition &#34;Meet the Oscars, New York&#34; will display 50 new Oscar statuettes, two inscribed Academy Awards, and one Oscar for the public to hold. The East Coast version of &#34;Meet the Oscars&#34; will take place at the Times Square Studios in New York City from Friday, February 15, through Saturday, February 23. The exhibition will be open daily from noon to 7 p.m. Admission [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/meet-the-oscars-gary-cooper/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Envisioning Russia Schedule</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/envisioning-russia-schedule/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/envisioning-russia-schedule/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:36:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16232</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Envisioning Russia&#34; Schedule &#160; Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking Alexandra / Aleksandra Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia 2007; 92m Sat Jan 26: 7:15 The Ascent / Voskhozhdeniye Larisa Shepitko, USSR 1976; 110m Wed Feb 13: 4:15 &#38; 8:45 At Home Among Strangers, Stranger at Home / Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh Nikita Mikhalkov, USSR 1974; 97m Mon Feb 11: 4:15 &#38; 8:20 Thu Feb 14: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/envisioning-russia-schedule/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/envisioning-russia-a-century-of-filmmaking/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/envisioning-russia-a-century-of-filmmaking/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:35:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/envisioning-russia-a-century-of-filmmaking/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein &#34;Envisioning Russia: A Century of Filmmaking&#34; (January 25 &#8212; February 14, 2008) at New York City's Film Society of Lincoln Center: &#34;Although early film shows took place in Russia soon after the invention of cinema (Maxim Gorky's book In the Kingdom of Shadows, published July 4, 1896, is one of the most beautiful early descriptions of cinema), continuous, serious film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/envisioning-russia-a-century-of-filmmaking/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
