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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; socially conscious movies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/socially-conscious-movies/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>THE MUPPETS Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy Ridicule Fox News: Video</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kermit-the-frog-miss-piggy-fox-news-the-muppets/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kermit-the-frog-miss-piggy-fox-news-the-muppets/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:55:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37038</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy took a well-deserved swipe at Fox News while taking part at a press conference at London's May Fair Hotel this past January 26. Please scroll down to check out the video. A little while ago, Fox Business Channel's Eric Bolling said the following: &#34;The Muppets are back and being terrorized by an evil oil executive in their new movie. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kermit-the-frog-miss-piggy-fox-news-the-muppets/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Steve James/THE INTERRUPTERS, Frederick Wiseman/Censored Classic TITICUT FOLLIES: Cinema Eye Honors</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steve-james-the-interrupters-frederick-wiseman-titicut-follies-cinema-eye-honors/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steve-james-the-interrupters-frederick-wiseman-titicut-follies-cinema-eye-honors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:34:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36582</guid> <description><![CDATA[Frederick Wiseman's Titicut Follies Steve James' The Interrupters topped the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors announced earlier this evening. The Interrupters received honors as Best Nonfiction Film and for Best Director, a first in the organization's five-year history. [Full list of Cinema Eye Honors winners.] Despite generally positive reviews and several US-based critics' awards, The Interrupters is not in the running for the 2012 Oscars. Curiously, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/steve-james-the-interrupters-frederick-wiseman-titicut-follies-cinema-eye-honors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Angelina Jolie/IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY Angers Some Serbs, Wins Producers Guild Award</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/angelina-jolie-in-the-land-of-blood-and-honey-serbs-producers-guild/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/angelina-jolie-in-the-land-of-blood-and-honey-serbs-producers-guild/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36175</guid> <description><![CDATA[Zana Marjanovic, Ermin Sijamija, In the Land of Blood and Honey Some Serbians may be furious at Angelina Jolie and her first directorial effort, the Bosnian War drama In the Land of Blood and Honey, but the Producers Guild of America feels differently. Jolie's socially conscious film has been named the recipient of this year's Stanley Kramer Award given to &#34;a motion picture, producer or [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/angelina-jolie-in-the-land-of-blood-and-honey-serbs-producers-guild/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</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>TEN9EIGHT &#8211; Mary Mazzio&#039;s Inner-City Youth Documentary</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/mary-mazzio-ten9eight-inner-city-youth/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/mary-mazzio-ten9eight-inner-city-youth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:27:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17213</guid> <description><![CDATA[Filmmaker Mary Mazzio PRESS RELEASE This is the compelling question behind award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio’s newest project Ten9Eight, a thought provoking film which tells the inspirational stories of several inner city teens (of differing race, religion and ethnicity) from Harlem to Compton and all points in between, as they compete in an annual business plan competition run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/mary-mazzio-ten9eight-inner-city-youth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CRIPS AND BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA, THE GARDEN Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/crips-and-blood-made-in-america-the-garden-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/crips-and-blood-made-in-america-the-garden-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:57:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16845</guid> <description><![CDATA[Set in Los Angeles' impoverished inner city areas, the documentaries The Garden (above, lower photo) and Crips and Bloods: Made in America will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. In Scott Hamilton Kennedy's The Garden, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/crips-and-blood-made-in-america-the-garden-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>THE TIGER&#039;S TAIL &#8211; Brendan Gleeson &#8211; d: John Boorman</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-tigers-tail-brendan-gleeson-john-boorman/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-tigers-tail-brendan-gleeson-john-boorman/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:48:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Erdman</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15746</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Tiger's Tail (2007) Direction and Screenplay: John Boorman Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack, Briain Gleeson, Sean McGinley &#160; Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall in The Tiger's Tail &#160; One might initially be surprised to find that John Boorman's latest film, The Tiger's Tail, has all but gone straight to DVD in the United States. Surely the director of Point Blank, Deliverance, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-tigers-tail-brendan-gleeson-john-boorman/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE MASSEURS AND THE WOMAN d: Hiroshi Shimizu</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-masseurs-and-the-woman-hiroshi-shimizu/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-masseurs-and-the-woman-hiroshi-shimizu/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:39:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Doug Johnson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14909</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anma to onna / The Masseurs and a Woman (1938) Direction and screenplay: Hiroshi Shimizu Cast: Shin Tokudaiji, Shinichi Himori, Mieko Takamine &#160; &#160; The usual 1930s Japanese film preoccupations with societal roles are explored in writer-director Hiroshi Shimizu's moving Anma to onna / The Masseurs and a Woman (1938). Whereas contemporaries such as Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi frequently examined the effects of a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-masseurs-and-the-woman-hiroshi-shimizu/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TRAINING RULES: Q&amp;A with Dee Mosbacher</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/training-rules-dee-mosbacher-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/training-rules-dee-mosbacher-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:42:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14298</guid> <description><![CDATA[Winner of the audience award for best documentary at the 2009 edition of San Francisco's gay film festival, Frameline, Dee Mosbacher (right) and Fawn Yacker's Training Rules &#8212; screening at Outfest tomorrow, July 11, at 4:30pm at the FAIRFAX 1 (on a double bill with Elizabeth Hesik's Lady Trojans) &#8212; tackles the issue of anti-gay bigotry in women's sports, particularly at the Pennsylvania State University. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/training-rules-dee-mosbacher-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</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>LEMON TREE: Q&amp;A with Eran Riklis</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/lemon-tree-eran-riklis-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/lemon-tree-eran-riklis-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 21:12:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11124</guid> <description><![CDATA[Based on actual events, Eran Riklis' Lemon Tree (no connection to Sandy Tolan's novel The Lemon Tree), which opens today in the Los Angeles area, chronicles a Palestinian widow's fight to prevent the Israeli army from razing her lemon grove. The problem is that all those lemon trees are located right next door to the brand new house &#8212; actually, &#34;fortress&#34; would be a better [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/lemon-tree-eran-riklis-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LEMON TREE: Q&amp;A with Eran Riklis Part II</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/eran-riklis-interview-lemon-tree-part-ii/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/eran-riklis-interview-lemon-tree-part-ii/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 21:11:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11127</guid> <description><![CDATA[LEMON TREE: Q&#038;A with Eran Riklis Part I Along those lines, the men in charge in Lemon Tree don't come across in a very positive light. A bossy male security agent demands the destruction of the lemon grove. A bossy Palestinian man threatens Salma because of her relationship with her lawyer. The defense minister is obsessed with his career and may be having an affair [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/eran-riklis-interview-lemon-tree-part-ii/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Artivist 2009 Call for Entries</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/artivist-2009-call-for-entries/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/artivist-2009-call-for-entries/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:51:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10960</guid> <description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE &#34;ARTIVIST&#34; is the 1st international film festival dedicated to addressing Human Rights, Children's Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and Animal Advocacy. Our mission is to strengthen the voice of international activist artists &#8211; &#34;Artivists&#34; &#8211; while raising public awareness for social global causes. The 6th Annual Artivist Film Festival is currently accepting international Film and Video submissions that concern themselves with human rights, social or [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/artivist-2009-call-for-entries/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</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>TOKYO SONATA d: Kiyoshi Kurosawa</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/tokyo-sonata-kiyoshi-kurosawa/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/tokyo-sonata-kiyoshi-kurosawa/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:55:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9394</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tokyo Sonata (2008) Direction: Kyoshi Kurosawa Screenplay: Kyoshi Kurosawa, Max Mannix, Tachiko Tanaka Cast: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Inowaki Kai, Yû Koyanagi, Kôji Yakusho, Haruka Igawa, Kanji Tsuda, Kazuya Kogima &#160; &#160; Some reviews and commentaries describe Tokyo Sonata, winner of this year's Asian Film Awards for best film and best screenplay, as showing the disintegration of an &#34;ordinary&#34; Japanese family after the husband-father gets [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/tokyo-sonata-kiyoshi-kurosawa/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SOLD FOR MARRIAGE &#8211; Lillian Gish</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/sold-for-marriage-lillian-gish-christy-cabanne/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/sold-for-marriage-lillian-gish-christy-cabanne/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:56:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9273</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sold for Marriage (1916) Direction: Christy Cabanne Screenplay: William E. Wing Cast: Lillian Gish, Frank Bennett, Walter Long, Allan Sears, Pearl Elmore, Curt Rehfeld &#160; Though all but completely forgotten today, Christy Cabanne (at times billed as William Christy Cabanne) was a respected name in the 1910s and 1920s. Among his credits are the1916 Douglas Fairbanks vehicle The Mystery of the Leaping Fish, considered by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/sold-for-marriage-lillian-gish-christy-cabanne/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE ITALIAN d: Reginald Barker</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-italian-george-beban-reginald-barker/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-italian-george-beban-reginald-barker/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:27:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9242</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Italian (1915) Direction: Reginald Barker Screenplay: Thomas H. Ince and C. Gardner Sullivan Cast: George Beban, Clara Williams, J. Frank Burke &#160; &#160; George Beban (right) was a renowned stage and vaudeville star. Even though he never became a major film name, Beban appeared in nearly 20 films from the mid-1910s to the mid-1920s, almost invariably in the role of an Italian. His first [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-italian-george-beban-reginald-barker/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CHOP SHOP: Q&amp;A with Ramin Bahrani</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/chop-shop-ramin-bahrani-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/chop-shop-ramin-bahrani-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 21:49:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=2693</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ramin Bahrani's Chop Shop, which opens today in Los Angeles, has received widespread praise since its premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The French daily Le Monde called it &#34;the major revelation of the Cannes Film Festival's Director's Fortnight,&#34; while John Anderson remarked in The Washington Post that Bahrani &#34;has created a not-to-miss gem for the discriminating viewer.&#34; The story of a 12-year-old boy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/chop-shop-ramin-bahrani-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MANDA BALA: Brazil&#039;s Corruption, Kidnappings, and Frogs</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/manda-bala-brazils-corruption-kidnappings-and-frogs/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/manda-bala-brazils-corruption-kidnappings-and-frogs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:23:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/31/manda-bala-brazils-corruption-kidnappings-and-frogs/</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I read the synopsis of Jason Kohn's Manda Bala / Send a Bullet in the Sundance Film Festival's independent film &#8211; documentary list I thought the film sounded like supermarket tabloid trash: "In Brazil, known as one of the world's most corrupt and violent countries, Manda Bala follows a politician who uses a frog farm to steal billions of dollars, a wealthy businessman who [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/manda-bala-brazils-corruption-kidnappings-and-frogs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE BAD SLEEP WELL d: Akira Kurosawa</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-bad-sleep-well-akira-kurosawa/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-bad-sleep-well-akira-kurosawa/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:49:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/10/akira-kurosawas-the-bad-sleep-well-1960-dvd-review/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru / The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Direction: Akira Kurosawa Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Eijirô Hisaita, Ryuzo Kikushima, and Hideo Oguni Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kô Nishimura, Takeshi Katô, Kamatari Fujiwara, Chishu Ryu, Ken Mitsuda &#160; &#160; By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Akira Kurosawa's 1960 black-and-white Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru / The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-bad-sleep-well-akira-kurosawa/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CHAVEZ RAVINE: A LOS ANGELES STORY, AUTISM IS A WORLD at UCLA</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/chavez-ravine-autism-is-a-world/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/chavez-ravine-autism-is-a-world/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 01:54:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=329</guid> <description><![CDATA[Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story (above), Best Sister, Hotel City, and Autism Is a World are four short documentaries that will be screened in the &#34;Contemporary Documentary&#34; series presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy Foundation and the UCLA Film and Television Archive on Feb. 1. Directed by Jordan Mechner, and produced by Mechner with Don Normark, Chavez Ravine: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/chavez-ravine-autism-is-a-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>IN GOOD COMPANY Review: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/in-good-company-paul-weitz-quaid-grace/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/in-good-company-paul-weitz-quaid-grace/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:34:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/in-good-company-paul-weitz-quaid-grace/</guid> <description><![CDATA[IN GOOD COMPANY (2004) Review Direction and screenplay: Paul Weitz Cast: Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Scarlett Johansson, Marg Helgenberger, David Paymer, Philip Baker Hall, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Selma Blair, Ty Burrell Recommended Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, In Good Company Better known for his gross-out comedy American Pie and for co-directing with brother Chris Weitz the syrupy morality tale About a Boy (which received an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/in-good-company-paul-weitz-quaid-grace/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
