Ethan Coen after seeing King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein at 30th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival 1 Image by Steve Rhodes He was at a screening of King of the Roaring 20’s – The Story of Arnold Rothstein sfjff.org/film/detail?id=5354" Part of Tough Guys: Images of Jewish Gangsters in Film sfjff.org/film/detail?id=1000024 He also saw A Small Act on … [Read more...]

Fall Film Guide The summer-time booms and shrieks from the megaplex are fading away, and now movie-lovers settle in for sweater weather and more varied offerings. Several returning festivals offer lesser-seen fare, and come the holidays the Oscars contenders start popping up. The first of the 'Burgh ... By Al Hoff. Read more on Pittsburgh City Paper Victory bonds: Community garden on World War II site inspires film, book Unlike the World War II … [Read more...]

Iran announces Oscar nominee Iran has nominated Farewell Baghdad to compete for the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Read more on Press TV Iran Announces Oscar Nominee: Farewell Baghdad Iran has nominated Farewell Baghdad to compete for the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). -Press TV Read more on Payvand Iran … [Read more...]

A Second Look: Allan King's 'actuality dramas' get a new audience Criterion's five-film DVD set delves into the Canadian filmmaker's technique, which blurred the boundaries between narrative and documentary. The cinéma vérité movement emerged some 50 years ago bearing the promise of lifelike immediacy and unvarnished reality. Enabled by the invention of lightweight sync-sound cameras and reflective of the larger truth-seeking and confessional … [Read more...]